Give and Take
This Friday Steve Jones asks about capital at work and does it affect the way you do business.
Give and Take
This Friday Steve Jones asks about capital at work and does it affect the way you do business.
Give and Take
This Friday Steve Jones asks about capital at work and does it affect the way you do business.
Storing Images and BLOB files in SQL Server Part 2
Part two of this article focuses on using the SQL Server Binary data type to store small image files.
The Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Ch. 6
This is the sixth article in a continuing series, and this installment discusses the establishment and role of a Data Governance Council.
Securing the SA Account in SQL Server 2005
SQL Server 2005 has greatly changed the security paradigm for SQL Server DBAs. The sa account still exists, but for many tasks
you can now avoid using it. New author Ken Johnson brings us some ides for properly securing this highly privileged account.
New Data Types in SQL Server 2008 Part 2
In this article, we are going to explore the new HierarchyID data type. We are going to show how to implement hierarchies in SQL Server 2005 and than how same thing in can be achived in SQL Server 2008 using the HierarchyID data type.
Add Custom XML Documentation Capability To Your SQL Code
By adding XML-based documentation capability to your SQL code, you can automatically extract and format tagged comments into a complete API documentation set for your SQL libraries.
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
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
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Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
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High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
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