Storing IPv4 Addresses for Performance
An in-depth analysis on how to store IPv4 addresses to achieve maximum efficiency and performance in both storage and queries
Test Drive
Hiring a new employee can be a hit or miss proposition. We often don't learn much about how someone will work from an interview. Steve Jones talks about an alternative way to hire someone by taking them for a test drive.
The 2009 SQLServerCentral Opening Night Party
SQLServerCentral is hosting an opening night party at the 2009 PASS Summit. Read more about this and learn how to get a ticket.
How to create SQL Server virtual appliances for Hyper-V
Creating a private SQL Server VAP will reduce the time it takes to deploy additional SQL Server machines in your environment.
Replication – Accommodating Application Inserts
Recently I have been involved in lots of projects involving replication. I have done some things to make replication work...
SQL Backup 6: Wind of Change
One could be forgiven for thinking that there's little more you can do with third-party backup software than just ...er... backup databases. Shawn McGehee gives us his personal take on the implications of the improvements that have been made to SQL Backup for version 6.
Test Drive
Hiring a new employee can be a hit or miss proposition. We often don't learn much about how someone will work from an interview. Steve Jones talks about an alternative way to hire someone by taking them for a test drive.
Test Drive
Hiring a new employee can be a hit or miss proposition. We often don't learn much about how someone will work from an interview. Steve Jones talks about an alternative way to hire someone by taking them for a test drive.
Test Drive
Hiring a new employee can be a hit or miss proposition. We often don't learn much about how someone will work from an interview. Steve Jones talks about an alternative way to hire someone by taking them for a test drive.
DBA: Mentor vs. Protector
To mentor or to protect data, what is the role of the DBA? A guest editorial from Matt Simmons.
Blogs
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Get a Range of Sequence Values: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I discovered a procedure recently that I wasn’t aware of: sp_sequence_get_range. This post looks...
The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
By Arun Sirpal
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the...
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Detecting Deadlocks
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Introducing the Relational Embedding Retrieval Pattern: Storing and Querying Vector Embeddings in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks
By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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