Manners
In dealing with other professionals, you would like to think most people have good manners. Steve Jones looks to remind us this should apply on the Internet as well.
Manners
In dealing with other professionals, you would like to think most people have good manners. Steve Jones looks to remind us this should apply on the Internet as well.
Manners
In dealing with other professionals, you would like to think most people have good manners. Steve Jones looks to remind us this should apply on the Internet as well.
Error Handling in SSIS
New author Jack Corbett brings us a look at a way of finding out what caused your error in Integration Services.
Re-size TempDB files
Managing TempDB can be a bit tricky at times. Most people know how to increase the size, but what about reducing it? New author Amar Pogaku brings us two techniques for shrinking tempdb.
Congratulations to Grant Fritchey
He was awarded MVP status today, no joke, for his work in the community. According to his blog , it’s not a joke. And it shouldn’t be. Between the excellent book he wrote on execution plans, his work for PASS, and regular contributions on SQLServerCentral.
SQL Server UDF to convert integer date to datetime format
This short tip shows how you can convert an integer date, such as those stored in msdb to a real datetime value.
Portable Data Centers
Is the next data center for your SQL Servers going to be portable? Steve Jones comments on some of the changes being put forth by Microsoft and others.
Troubleshooting
New author Mike Walsh brings us an interesting analogy on troubleshooting skills that might get you to think differently about how you attack problems.
Automatic Full Parallel Processing of Hierarchical SQL Queries
Although adding multiprocessing capabilities to applications is labor-intensive and error-prone, adding multicore capability to SQL query processing can be automatic, benefiting huge numbers of applications with little developer effort.
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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