When You're Out of the Office
What would you recommend for the holidays next week when the office is closed.
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 12 - ClickOnce Deployment and Updates
Part 11 of this series presented the publishing options of ClickOnce-capable applications that involve User Instance-based databases. This article takes a closer look at the deployment process, demonstrating the impact of your selections on its characteristics.
Becoming A DBA, Part 1
Buck Woody examines examines some of the decisions you'll need to make when embarking on your DBA career, and some the character traits and skills that will help you succeed and progress.
What's a Good Manager
What makes a good manager? In response to a recent thread, Janet Wong takes us through some of the good and bad managers she's had during her career and talks about the problems today with technical managers.
Optimise SQL Server queries with these advanced tuning techniques
Now that you know how to speed up your SQL Server database queries, you can start delving into some of the more advanced tuning options.
SQL Server Training at TCU
If you are near Texas Christian University, you might want to check out this training from a SQL Server MVP.
Obfuscation
Test data is critical to being sure your application works, but is production data ok to use in test environments?
SQLServerCentral Rules of Conduct
Being a part of the community means that there are certain standards that we'd like you to adhere to. Steve Jones brings you a few reminders of how to behave when posting in the community.
XML Workshop XIII - XSD And Variable Content Containers
Continuing on with his highly popular XML series, Jacob Sebastian looks at variable content and stylesheets in your SQL content.
Blogs
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...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Forums
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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet
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Can You Let Go of Determinism
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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