Industry Experience... Required?
This Friday, a guest poll and editorial from Adrian Nichols wondering about the value of experience in a particular area.
Industry Experience... Required?
This Friday, a guest poll and editorial from Adrian Nichols wondering about the value of experience in a particular area.
The Year in Review 2008
Steve Jones looks back at the past year and database news that has occurred.
Use Excel to DIFF Your Query Outputs
Comparing data from two queries to see if they return the same results can be an interesting challenge. David Ziffer brings us a great way to do this using Excel.
Temporal Datatypes in SQL Server
In the first of a series of articles on the tricks of tackling temporal data in SQL, Joe Celko discusses SQL's temporal data types and agonizes over the fact that, although there are ANSI/ISO Standards for temporal operations in SQL, every vendor has something different.
The New Year - 2009
It's the first day of 2009 and Steve Jones gives a few predictions for the new year in this editorial.
The New Year - 2009
It's the first day of 2009 and Steve Jones gives a few predictions for the new year in this editorial.
The Year in Review 2008
It's the first day of 2009 and Steve Jones gives a few predictions for the new year in this editorial.
Using Page Level Restore as a Disaster Recovery Procedure in SQL Server 2005
In a previous tip on Disaster Recovery Procedures in SQL Server 2005 Part 1, we have seen how we can come up with a disaster recovery procedure in SQL Server 2005. There are other ways to increase availability of your highly critical database in SQL Server 2005. What are those other options?
Moving TempDB - SQL School Video
Moving databases is fairly simple, but when you move a system database, there are a few extra steps to follow. MVP Brian Knight walks us through how to move temdb in this video.
Blogs
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
VPN + SQL Server Connections: Why Long-Working Setups Suddenly Fail with Msg 10054 and “Connection Broken”
By Tim Radney
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been contacted by multiple customers experiencing the same...
Future IT Roles – Agentic Architect and AI Boom!!
By Vinay Thakur
These days everything is changing to AI World, IT roles are getting changed and...
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SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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