Celebration
Steve Jones reminisces a bit and comments on reaching one million members in the community.
Creating Hierarchical Data Structure Mashups
You can use SQL to connect or "mash-up" hierarchical structures, joining them at or below the root to create larger queryable hierarchical structures.
Using CROSS JOIN queries to find records out of sequence
This topic is nothing new, but well worth revisiting for those who have not used CROSS JOINS. You may have faced a problem where you need to compare historical records for a particular set of records to ensure that records have been saved in the correct order.
Solving the “Running Totals” Problem in SQL Server 2005 with Partitioned Tables
Lynn Pettis gives us a look at a new way to solve a T-SQL problem.
The January 2009 Car Update
With the start of a new year, Steve Jones gets back to the car updates with a look at winter driving and changes in the car industry.
Viewing the Data Profiling Task Data - SQL School Video
It can be helpful in ETL operations to know what the distribution of your data is. Brian Knight shows how to use the Data Profiling task in this video.
Dynamically getting mail profile for sp_send_dbmail
I have found that I like to generate a script once and roll it out to multiple servers at the same time. SQL Server 2008 Management Studio makes that fairly easy by allowing one window to connect to multiple instances simultaneously
Earning Credit
The topic of plagiarism rears its head at SQLServerCentral and Steve Jones has some comments and an apology.
Earning Credit
The topic of plagiarism rears its head at SQLServerCentral and Steve Jones has some comments and an apology.
Earning Credit
The topic of plagiarism rears its head at SQLServerCentral and Steve Jones has some comments and an apology.
Blogs
SQL Server Journey (Part 1)- Enterprise Database 2016
By Vinay Thakur
Continued thinking about my Journey blog where we have to look back at the...
PowerShell Remoting for SQL DBAs: WinRM + SSH Guide (Updated 2026)
By SQLPals
PowerShell Remoting for SQL DBAs: WinRM + SSH Guide (Updated 2026) ...
The 2026 Redgate Summit in New York City
By Steve Jones
We’re coming back to New York, which is exciting for me. I love NYC....
Forums
Seeding a Fabric Warehouse with dbt for Visual Studio Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Seeding a Fabric Warehouse with dbt for Visual Studio Code: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Doing the Little Things
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Question of the Day
Historical Data Tracking
If I want to track historical data values, which mechanism should I use?
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