Recently, a fellow DBA showed me a set of documentation on a commercially available product. This is a product people pay money for to license and use. It's not an in-house developed application or a community released free sample.
Securely sending Service Broker messages from instance to instance requires a somewhat complex configuration. This tip walks you through the proper methods
SQL Server 2005 implemented the concept of a database object schema. A schema is a distinct namespace to facilitate the separation, management, and ownership of database objects. It removed the tight coupling of database objects and owners to improve the security administration of database objects. Database object schemas offer functionality to control and help secure application objects within a database environment not available in previous versions of SQL Server.
I've had a few requests in the past, so I decided to just give it a go. Here's the raw footage from the episode of the Voice of the DBA podcast that I shot this week. It's uncut, the raw footage of what I took off the camcorder,
Everyone has an opinion on the best advice to give an IT person who is unemployed and wants to get back into paid work. Phil Factor outlines what he would advise.
Complete package to allow tracking of any data that Profiler can capture and storage for auditing purposes, use to satisfy SOX compliance.
This edition of SQL School brings us a look at how to set single user mode for your SQL Server instance.
I read a post on Brent Ozar’s blog last week that discussed employers’ expectations when hiring new team members. Though the story was specific to database professionals, the same principles apply to almost any hiring situation. The moral of Brent’s story...
This Friday's poll asks how much you can help yourself while working at your job? Can you build your own 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?
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For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
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Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
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In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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