An interview with the Exceptional DBA of the Year
Dan McClain was voted the Exceptional DBA of 2008 by the SQLServerCentral.com community. Learn a bit more about this talented professional in his own words.
Databases for Change
Meaningful change often requires information collection, processing, retrieval and distribution. As database professionals, that's our bag. So what can we do to help things along?
Reporting Services: Read Data from SSAS and SQL Server in One Dataset
Retrieve data from different data sources such as Analysis Services and SQL Server relational database as one dataset, so that you can create tables, matrices of that data.
Administering your Windows Internal Database (MICROSOFT##SSEE) instance
Microsoft products such as Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 and Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS) 3.0 ship with SQL Server 2005 Embedded Edition. Now called the Windows Internal Database, more and more system administrators charged with managing WSUS and WSS are faced with the challenge of managing these databases. Since most of these system administrators are not full-fledged DBAs, how do they manage the Windows Internal Database?
Setting up a Two-node SQL Server 2008 Cluster from the Command Prompt - Preparation
Part 1 of this series discusses the prerequisites for SQL Server cluster installation. Subsequent installments will provide step-by-step examples of SQL Server 2008 cluster installation.
The Release Schedule
Coordinating the release of software among all the groups involved can be quite a chore. Steve Jones comments on some of the challenges.
The Release Schedule
Coordinating the release of software among all the groups involved can be quite a chore. Steve Jones comments on some of the challenges.
The Release Schedule
Coordinating the release of software among all the groups involved can be quite a chore. Steve Jones comments on some of the challenges.
Adding a timestamp to files in SSIS - SQL School Video
Integration Services is the ETL platform for SQL Server. In this installment of SQL School, Brian Knight shows how to add a timestamp (current date) to the name of a file.
The Broken Window
A new data mining thrilled from Jeffrey Deaver has Steve Jones concerned about the centralization of data mining.
Blogs
Monitoring Fabric Mirroring for SQL 2025
I previously wrote about how the underlying technology for Fabric mirroring changed with SQL...
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
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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