Clearing the Bar
How do you decide who gets hired? Do you get the best candidate? Steve Jones says that most of us don't necessarily hire the best person that applies for a variety of reasons.
Tracking Illicit Users
Longtime SQL Server guru David Poole brings us a look at one of the thorny problems a DBA faces: tracking down illicit users.
Application Locks (or Mutexes) in SQL Server 2005
Application locks aren't a well known area of locking in SQL Server, but they can be very useful for special scenarios. They work in an analogous way to the lock() construct in .Net and are basicaly user defined mutexes in SQL Server.
Billee-yons and Billee-yons of Gigabytes - iPod
The amount of data in the world grows every day and there's no end in sight. How big a problem is storage management? Steve Jones shares a few thoughts on how you might manage your storage.
Billee-yons and Billee-yons of Gigabytes - MP3
The amount of data in the world grows every day and there's no end in sight. How big a problem is storage management? Steve Jones shares a few thoughts on how you might manage your storage.
Billee-yons and Billee-yons of Gigabytes - WMV
The amount of data in the world grows every day and there's no end in sight. How big a problem is storage management? Steve Jones shares a few thoughts on how you might manage your storage.
Expert DBA tips in 3 posters
An offer from Red Gate for free downloadable posters. You can print them out and decorate your cube, showing some great disaster recovery tips from MVP Brad McGehee.
It's All About the Data
It would be wonderful to be able to simple purchase a tool or technology and have your data challenges disappear. It is time to step back and take a much needed different look at data.
Digital Storage
Digital technologies have made the transfer of information easier than ever, but what about it's long term storage? That doesn't seem to be as easy as we might think.
Running a Query Using a Text File for Input
When automating administrative actions for SQL Server, there are a number of ways to handle the workflow. Longtime SQL Server DBA Roy Carlson brings us a technique for using a text file as input to the standard SQL Server tools.
Blogs
A Pursuit of Lifelong Learning
By Brian Kelley
The following came across my YouTube feed today. It’s an interview with General James...
Advice I Like: Time and Focus
By Steve Jones
“You don’t need more time because you already have all the time that you...
Book Review: Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals
I don’t currently manage Microsoft 365 Copilot in an enterprise environment, but it is...
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SQL Server Vector Support I
What are vectors in SQL Server 2025, as related to the new AI features?
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