Improved Drive Space Monitoring
An update to the very popular article written by Mark Nash. In this new version we see some improvements in monitoring the drives on your SQL Server.
Keyword Searching in SQL Server
Have you ever wanted to ensure that keywords in your data are easily searchable? Have you struggled with full-text search? New author Michael Ahmadi brings us an interesting idea for a keyword tracking and searching subsystem based on T-SQL and triggers.
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.
Blogs
Learning Tool – Deepstash
By Brian Kelley
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key...
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
Cleaning Up My Blog's SEO and AEO with Claude in GitHub Copilot
I’ve been running this blog on Hugo for a long time, and like most...
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Kerberos Authentication for Aurora PostgreSQL: Mapping AD Groups to Database Roles
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RegEx Functions I
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions I
Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?
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