Twitter Your Issues
Twitter is one of those interesting Web 2.0 ideas that is hard to analyze. Is it valuable? Steve Jones might have an idea for how it could be used by DBAs.
Using the File System Task - SQL School Video
In this video, MVP Brian Knight shows how you can use SSIS to work with files on your drive: renaming them, moving them, and more.
Building a SQL Server Data Dictionary with the Extended Properties and Third Party Tools
When the database is small, developers often use built-in SQL Server tools and scripts to create the data model. However when the data model grows into an enterprise level data model with all of the associated complexities, the management and maintenance grow as well. So what options are available to manage and build the data model?
How Productive Are You?
We all deal with inefficiencies at work, but how efficient are we ourselves? Steve Jones takes a poll this Friday.
How Productive Are You?
We all deal with inefficiencies at work, but how efficient are we ourselves? Steve Jones takes a poll this Friday.
How Productive Are You?
We all deal with inefficiencies at work, but how efficient are we ourselves? Steve Jones takes a poll this Friday.
Compare Dates in an iterative manner for a particular set of records
Compare Dates in an iterative manner for a particular set of records in a single query using SQL Server 2000
Fix the Little Things
There are any number of small, annoying or tedious things in SQL Server and Steve Jones makes a case for getting them fixed.
Invoking Stored Procedures through a One Line Native .NET Method Call
Calling stored procedures from your application should be easy. Mark Frishman of ActiveDB talks about what he's done to help you build applications quicker.
Restore Transaction Logs for Point in Time Recovery
This article shows how a database can be restored to achieve point in time recovery
Blogs
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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