Behind the Curtain
Commentary on the database related news of the past week. SQL Server 2008 Certification, deep inside SQL Server and the Library of Congress.
Bloated
What is going on with all this production data? Steve Jones talks about the need to manage data growth and is it really worth the resources.
PASS 2008 - Article
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Starting SQL Server in Minimal Configuration
Have you ever misconfigured your SQL Server's memory and been unable to start it? That happened to new author Jay Dave, who has the Data Center edition of SQL Server 2000 with a whopping 36GB of RAM. Here's how to get your instance back up and running.
Analyze and Correct a large SQL Server MSDB Database
It has come to my attention that some of our MSDB databases are getting what I would consider large for a system database. Some of our MSDB databases are over 2 GB which is a little perplexing because I know we do not create any user defined objects in that database. Can you give me some insight into the issue? I know we have this issue with both SQL Server 2000 and 2005 instances.
Storing Images and BLOB files in SQL Server Part 4
Part 4 of this series focuses on storing BLOBs on the Windows File System and using Microsoft SQL Server to organize them from a web page.
Bloated
What is going on with all this production data? Steve Jones talks about the need to manage data growth and is it really worth the resources.
Blogs
Fighting Procrastination?
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A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
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I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
How to Measure AI Value: A 6-Branch AI Maturity Model for Use Cases and Agents
Your AI is busy. But do you know what it's worth? Most companies can...
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Question of the Day
SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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