And Then There Was One - MP3
Windows 2008 RTMs, a change from the SQL Server support team, and a Jump Start for Katmai.
And Then There Was One - WMV
Windows 2008 RTMs, a change from the SQL Server support team, and a Jump Start for Katmai.
The Identity Debate
Using the Identity Property might be one of the more debated features of SQL Server.
The Identity Debate
Using the Identity Property might be one of the more debated features of SQL Server.
The Identity Debate
Using the Identity Property might be one of the more debated features of SQL Server.
Five Realtime DTS Examples
SQL Server 2005 includes an amazing ETL environment in Integration Services, but many DBAs will be using DTS and SQL Server
2000 for years to come. Jambu Krishnamurthy brings us a few handy examples of how you can customize your DTS environment.
Quickly Moving Databases
This article by Chris Kempster shows you how to quickly move a database by detaching or taking a database offline.
Deployments and Tests in an iSCSI SAN
This paper describes the deployment and testing results of SQL Server 2005 using the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator with an EqualLogic iSCSI SAN. It helps you understand best practices and the benefits of using an iSCSI SAN with SQL Server 2005.
XML data type in SQL Server 2005 vs. VARCHAR (MAX)
Learn performance impacts of the XML data type and VARCHAR (MAX) data type in SQL Server 2005. Here are storage, I/O and CPU results of XML in SQL Server.
Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers