If you have trouble connecting to a busy server, you'll want to watch this installment of SQL School. MVP Andy Warren shows how you can use the dedicated administrator connection (DAC) in SQL Server 2005 and above.
Many businesses have loyalty programs to encourage repeat business. However do they think about data security when they build these programs? Steve Jones thinks they could do better.
I think the database developer role is on the rise and that it's better suited for agile practices - but guidance...
Filestream allows us to store and manage unstructured data in SQL Server more easily. Initially, the accounts of FILESTREAM assumed prodigious powers of concentration and cognition, and we mortals all recoiled numbly. However, it became clear that we were missing out on some extraordinarily useful functionality, so we asked Jacob Sebastian to come up with a simple and clear-cut account of the FILESTREAM feature in SQL Server 2008. You'll agree he has managed the feat superbly.
The Baton Rouge Area SQL Server User Group hosts Bi-Monthly Live Meetings that are 15-30 minutes long the consist of...
In this tip we take a look at a few ways to find the current free space within a database, so you can better manage your database files.
Many businesses have loyalty programs to encourage repeat business. However do they think about data security when they build these programs? Steve Jones thinks they could do better.
Many businesses have loyalty programs to encourage repeat business. However do they think about data security when they build these programs? Steve Jones thinks they could do better.
Many businesses have loyalty programs to encourage repeat business. However do they think about data security when they build these programs? Steve Jones thinks they could do better.
Part two of his series on table schema changes, this article examines those changes that affect the actual data. Read this great article from Alok Dwivedi.
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
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I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
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I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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