The Database Weekly Update for July 14, 2008
Steve Jones talks about data mining in the drug industry and the advantages of cheap software.
Building Parent-Child Table Tree information
How many times have you wanted to know which child or grandchild records exists for a parent record? SSMS doesn't make this information easy to find beyond one level. New author Narasimhan Jayachandran brings us an article and a recursive solution.
The Value of an MBA in IT
Do you have an MBA? If so, has it helped you? Is it worth getting one for someone in IT? Ted Pin comments.
DIY
For this Friday, Steve Jones has a poll about life outside of work and how much you tinker with things.
DIY
For this Friday, Steve Jones has a poll about life outside of work and how much you tinker with things.
DIY
For this Friday, Steve Jones has a poll about life outside of work and how much you tinker with things.
Restoring a database during SQL Server upgrade
Part 2 in this upgrade series lists the steps to point application traffic at a transition server while the primary cluster is rebuilt to Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005.
SQL Server 2008: new data types and .Net 2 with and without SP1
If you use the new data types in SQL Server 2008, and your front-end application uses .NET 2, you may hit difficulties. András explains why and how...
DTUTIL Utility to Copy / Delete SSIS Deployed in MSDB to File System
Use the DTUTIL Command Prompt Utility to Copy / Install / Delete the SSIS Package deployed in MSDB Database to file system
Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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