Whenever I do a security presentation, I make sure to cover the Principle of Least Privilege. And when I do I boil it down to this very simple definition: Giving the rights to do the job. No more. No less.
Birmingham (May 20), Pensacola (June 6), and Portland (June 6) are upcoming SQLSaturday events. If you are in the area, please attend.
Brad McGehee provides a "career guide" for DBAs. It is intended both to help prospective DBAs find a "way in" to the profession, and to advise existing DBAs on how they can excel at their jobs, and so become Exceptional DBAs.
This article will review the processes for providing Operational Analytics via Microsoft Analysis Services, Informatica and Qlikview
Centralize SSIS configuration for multiple environments into one table.
Why doesn't SQL Server just run smoothly after it's installed? Steve Jones thinks the problem is you.
In the previous article we learned about SQL Server 2008 Extended Events terminology, components and took a look at a simple example. In this article we'll take a deeper look with some more complex examples.
Kognitio WX2 I went to a presentation by a company called Kognitio which has a super-fast in-memory database engine targeted at the data warehouse market. They have put the Powerpoint...
Are developers or administrators worth more? Is it easier to get funding for one group or the other? Steve Jones asks the question in today's poll.
Are developers or administrators worth more? Is it easier to get funding for one group or the other? Steve Jones asks the question in today's poll.
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
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If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
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In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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