The 400,000 Member Milestone
We crossed 400,000 members yesterday and it's a great achievement for us. As a celebration, we've decided to give out some prizes. Read on to see if you're one of the lucky winners.
The In-House Expert
Are specialists worth keeping inside of a company? Or does it pay to hire generalists and then get consultants as needed? Steve Jones comments on the choices you might face as your career grows.
Controlling Information as a Strategic Enterprise Resource
Information governance is defined by Larry English as the act or process of leading, directing, controlling and assuring that information is managed effectively as an enterprise resource. (PDF download)
Featured Blog: SQL Server 2008: Spatial indexes
Paul Randal talks about the new spatial data types and their indexes.
The End of Estimation - iPod
How interesting would it be to not have to guesstimate what size server to buy for your next application? Steve Jones may have found a way to help you.
The End of Estimation - MP3
How interesting would it be to not have to guesstimate what size server to buy for your next application? Steve Jones may have found a way to help you.
The End of Estimation - WMV
How interesting would it be to not have to guesstimate what size server to buy for your next application? Steve Jones may have found a way to help you.
Data Driven Subscriptions for Reporting Services (2000 and 2005)
Reporting Services has proven to be one of the more useful subsystems of SQL Server. However the standard editions of both SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005 have limitations with regard to the subscription features. Jason Selberg brings us an updated version of his
code for extending the subscription feature.
Reporting on Activity across Multiple Servers using SQL Backup and SQL Multi Script
Rodney Landrum presents a creative solution for dynamic reporting across all of his SQL Servers, based on use of Red Gate's SQL Backup and SQL Multi Script.
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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