Reverse engineering alias data types - Part 5
Continuing with his series on Alias Data Types in SQL Server 2000, Yakov Shmalfman brings us part 5, looking at indexes.
SQL Data Generator
A new tool from Red Gate software that helps you generate realistic test data for testing your SQL Server applications.
Up or Down?
How does the job market look this year for DBAs? Steve Jones asks the SQL Server community for their thoughts on the current employment outlook.
Deploying Reports
Longtime SQL Server expert Raj Vasant takes a look at various ways in which you can deploy reports for Reporting Services 2005.
Sun Invests, IBM Invests, MS ??
The other major database vendors have been making investments by purchasing database related companies, but what has Microsoft done?
theSystem - Part II
Continuing on with his series on building a game in SQL Server, Steve Fibich expands the schema and objects in this article.
myLittleAdmin for MS SQL Server 2005
A short review from the perspective of a web hoster on this handy software utility.
SQL Server Script to Create Windows Directories
An interesting script to handle file tasks from within SQL Server.
Lesson Learned from Contracting, Revisited
A few notes from a consulting engagement that might get you to think about what to expect from your next contractors.
Designing Tables for Audit Data in SQL Server
My company is just starting to look at adding functionality to retain historical data for key tables and columns for auditing purposes in many of our SQL Server databases. I have seen some of your recent tips related to triggers (Forcing Trigger Firing Order in SQL Server and Trigger Alternatives in SQL Server - OUTPUT Clause). Based on using triggers or a similar technology, what is the best way to store the historical data?
Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Forums
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High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
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Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Semantic Search in SQL Server...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers