Recognizing Talent
Microsoft made a sizeable big for Yahoo and Steve Jones talks about one of the more interesting aspects of that bid that didn't receive much press.
Simplify SQL Server 2005 queries with a Dates table
Learn what a Dates table is and how to create one, and then try it out for yourself
SQL Server source code analysis and management adds database security
SQL Server source code analysis and management add database security by debugging and testing SQL applications. Learn about SQL source code analysis.
Database Weekly - May 5, 2008
A look back at the news of the past week dealing with SQL Injection, slow SQL Server growth and two level security.
The Dedicated Administrator Connection
New to SQL Server 2005 is the Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC), which provides a way to ensure you can always connect to your server. No more getting locked out of a busy server as could occur in prior versions. Wayne Fillis brings us a short tutorial on this handy new feature.
Getting Organized
As DBAs we should be very detail oriented, but Steve Jones talks about some challenges with keeping up with your tasks and projects and some software that might help.
Getting Organized
As DBAs we should be very detail oriented, but Steve Jones talks about some challenges with keeping up with your tasks and projects and some software that might help.
SQL Server 2008 (Katmai) Reporting Services Performance: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back?
In this article, David Leibowitz compares the performance of the prerelease of Microsoft's SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services to SSRS 2005. While it is clear performance improvements have been made for report automation, developers might have differing opinions on the new Report Designer.
SqlCredit – Part 15: The Cost of Distribution
Part 15 of this series examines what cost is paid when tables are separated into multiple databases on the same server.
The Shortage of Programmers
Steve Jones thinks that programmers should be able to negotiate any deal they can and Joel Spolsky has no reason to be upset.
Blogs
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Streamlining Azure VM Moves Into Availability Zones
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The Challenge of AI
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Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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