Snooping
System administrators have a lot of power and temptation to use it. Steve Jones talks about the need to resist temptation and the need for oversight.
Bill Baker - Database Weekly (Aug 11, 2008)
This weeks Database Weekly looks at a longtime leader for the Microsoft SQL Server development team leaving the company.
The Starting Point
The Mojave Experiment is a marketing effort by Microsoft that is very interesting in looking at first impressions. Steve Jones comments.
Uncommon Table Expressions
This article describes an alternate use of CTEs for functional data processing.
Configuring Database Mail in SQL Server 2005
Learn how to set up SQL Server Database Mail in SQL Server 2005. In this tip, you'll see how to configure Profiles and Accounts for sending mail.
SQL Profanities
Do you avoid certain SQL functionality because you have been told you should NEVER use it?
SQL Profanities
Do you avoid certain SQL functionality because you have been told you should NEVER use it?
SQL Profanities
Do you avoid certain SQL functionality because you have been told you should NEVER use it?
SQL Server 2008: Table Valued Parameters
In SQL Server 2005 and earlier, it is not possible to pass a table variable as a parameter to a stored procedure. When multiple rows of data to SQL Server need to send multiple rows of data to SQL Server, developers either had to send one row at a time or come up with other workarounds to meet requirements. While a VB.Net developer recently informed me that there is a SQLBulkCopy object available in .Net to send multiple rows of data to SQL Server at once, the data still can not be passed to a stored proc.
The Starting Point
The Mojave Experiment is a marketing effort by Microsoft that is very interesting in looking at first impressions. Steve Jones comments.
Blogs
Moving On-Prem PostgreSQL to the Cloud: Picking the Right Path for Big Tables
Every PostgreSQL migration eventually hits the same fork in the road. The database is...
A Spread of Vacation
By Steve Jones
I’m off on vacation today. Which is a little weird as I just got...
How AgentDBA Identifies Backup Failures
By Arun Sirpal
Every DBA has a box like this. Sitting untouched for months. Nobody’s proud of...
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Question of the Day
Independence Day 2026
In the original Independence Day movie (1996), what type of computer did Jeff Goldblum use to connect to the alien mainframe? Take a guess, don't look it up or ask AI.
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