The Glue that Binds
This Friday Steve Jones polls the community of developers about the time they spend dealing with data access.
The Glue that Binds
This Friday Steve Jones polls the community of developers about the time they spend dealing with data access.
The Glue that Binds
This Friday Steve Jones polls the community of developers about the time they spend dealing with data access.
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.
Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
Forums
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Why SQL Server Database Attach...
Fixing P1 Queries
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Fixing P1 Queries
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers