Reporting Data Loss
How quickly should you report a loss of data? It's an interesting question in these security conscious times and Steve Jones talks about
How to use OUTPUT clause result in SSIS 2005 / 2008 (RC0)
The OUTPUT clause was a new feature in SQL Server 2005 that can prove very handy in many situations. New author Gennadiy Chornenkyy brings us a look at how you can add this code to your SSIS packages and retrieve ID values back from the database.
Solid State Replacements - Database Weekly (August, 18, 2008)
New SSD (Solid State Device) hard drives are infiltrating enterprise servers more and more, but are they a good fit for database instances? Steve Jones comments a bit on some news from this past week.
Telework Works
As a telecommuter Steve Jones has found it has increased his productivity, but he's not alone. Sun has examined their own telework program from the energy perspective.
Check your SQL Server using Windows PowerShell – Part 4
Earlier installments of this series illustrated how to ping the host, how to check all of the windows services related to SQL Server and how to check the hardware and operating system information. Part 4 of this series demonstrates how to get hard disk and network adapter information from the host machine.
Configure Filestream in SQL Server 2008
SQL Server 2008 offers a wide variety of features and FILESTREAM is one of the most anticipated. This article describes how to configure the FILESTREAM feature.
Epidemic Priority
As IT becomes more and more important to not only businesses but governments, what does that mean in the event of a disaster?
Epidemic Priority
As IT becomes more and more important to not only businesses but governments, what does that mean in the event of a disaster?
Epidemic Priority
As IT becomes more and more important to not only businesses but governments, what does that mean in the event of a disaster?
Telework Works
As a telecommuter Steve Jones has found it has increased his productivity, but he's not alone. Sun has examined their own telework program from the energy perspective.
Blogs
“We love to debate minutiae”
By Brian Kelley
I am guilty as charged. The quote was in reference to how people argue...
Advice I Like: Knots
By Steve Jones
Learn how to tie a bowline knot. Practice in the dark. With one hand....
Shifting Mindsets: Why FinOps is Essential for Cloud Efficiency
By HeyMo0sh
As a DevOps practitioner, I’ve always focused on performance, scalability, and automation. But as...
Forums
Windows logins for users migrated from DomainA to DomainB
Hi, I have a SQL Server instance where users connect to via Windows Authentication,...
Multiple Deployment Processes
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How to Use sqlpackage to Detect Schema Drift Between Azure SQL Databases
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Question of the Day
Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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