Guide to MCITP: SQL Server 2008 Developer
An overview of what's involved in the two exams you need to pass to become a Microsoft IT Professional in SQL Server 2008.
Protection Close To Home
For the Friday Poll this week, Steve Jones is wondering what type of data protection you use at home for your information. Especially those all important family photos.
Back to basics: Optimizing SQL Server indexes
When created and maintained correctly, indexes help SQL Server retrieve data quickly. See how to ensure your SQL Server environment is running up to speed.
Breaking ownership chaining within a schema in SQL Server
I have several objects, all in the same schema. Because of this, ownership chaining is working, as described in this previous tip. However, I don't want ownership chaining to be on, but I need the objects to remain in the same schema. How can I do this?
How Much Should You Post Online About Your Life?
I’ve touched on it some in the past, but it’s a question that comes up a lot when we discuss...
Protection Close To Home
For the Friday Poll this week, Steve Jones is wondering what type of data protection you use at home for your information. Especially those all important family photos.
Protection Close To Home
For the Friday Poll this week, Steve Jones is wondering what type of data protection you use at home for your information. Especially those all important family photos.
Protection Close To Home
For the Friday Poll this week, Steve Jones is wondering what type of data protection you use at home for your information. Especially those all important family photos.
There is no excuse
I read Jack Corbett's blog entry,No Training Budget Still No Excuse, last week and thought it was excellent. In fact,...
New Databases
There are new types of databases being deployed in the world. Steve Jones says that DBAs need to be aware of the changing technologies.
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
Forums
String_agg not working as needed
I'm trying to get this string_agg to put all the 'comments' into one result...
Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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Odd Sequences
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO See possible answers