Certification High School
Certifications are being devalued in the IT industry because of cheating and braindumps. Steve Jones thinks we need to re-examine how we view them.
Certification High School
Certifications are being devalued in the IT industry because of cheating and braindumps. Steve Jones thinks we need to re-examine how we view them.
Certification High School
Certifications are being devalued in the IT industry because of cheating and braindumps. Steve Jones thinks we need to re-examine how we view them.
Help Me Name My New Blog
I am in the process of creating a new blog, but I am having difficulty coming up with a good name. I would like to go with a Hawaii-based theme on the blog, so a Hawaii-based name would be great.
Retaining historical index usage statistics for SQL Server - Part 3
In this, the third of the four part series on persisting the rowset results from the indexing Dynamic Management Views cached in temporary internal SQL Server structures we will explore what is required to store the missing index-related metadata.
Using the Resource Governor
SQL Server 2008 introduces a new feature, the Resource Governor, which provides enterprise customers the ability to both monitor and control the way different workloads use CPU and memory resources on their SQL Server instances. This paper explains several practical usage scenarios and gives guidance on best practices.
A Deadlock Occurrence and Resolution
This article gives an example of a deadlock occurrence and the resolution steps taken. (Republished from 2008).
Building Your Brand at Work?
This Friday's poll asks how much you can help yourself while working at your job? Can you build your own brand at work?
Building Your Brand at Work?
This Friday's poll asks how much you can help yourself while working at your job? Can you build your own brand at work?
Context Switching or Database Impersonation using EXEC AS
SQL Server 2005/2008 provides the ability to change the execution and security context with the EXEC or EXECUTE AS clause to allow a user to perform high privileged activities without allowing the user to have high privilege access.
Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
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Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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