Keeping Your Developers Under Control
Everyone needs a stable environment. This article discussed ways to keep your team on the same page.
Automatically Gathering Server Information Part 5
The fifth part of Steve Jones's series on having SQL Server automatically report information to a DBA.
Stuff Computer Support People Love
For anyone who supports desktops, this document shows how to sarcastically please your IT department.
Using InterDev's Toolbox
If you've ever played around with the toolbox, you may have discovered one of InterDevs hidden gems. Did you know that the InterDev Toolbox allows you to add you own custom tabs? This feature allows you to access frequently used snippets of code in an instant
Introduction to DSN's
This article by Andy Warren is an introduction to DSN's; what they do, how they work, and where they are stored. Also pick up some ideas about how using a File DSN might save you a lot of administration!
Analysis Services Enhancements
In SQL Server 2000, Microsoft has closed the gap between its multidimensional database offering, OLAP Services, and the rest of the market place.
Automatically Gathering Server Information Part 4
The fourth part of Steve Jones's series on having SQL Server automatically report information to a DBA.
Index Server COM Object Programming in Visual Basic
Jon Winer talks about his adventures with Index Server and provides some hints to help you avoid some common problems.
Quickly Disconnect Users
Nothing is more annoying than having to disconnect users one by one. With this script, you will be able to quickly disconnect them with a few keystrokes.
Blogs
Generating Random Strings with GenAI
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve been experimenting with in AI is taking things other...
Heading to SQL Bits 2025
By Steve Jones
I’ll be at SQL Bits tomorrow, Saturday Jun 20, 2025 for the final day...
Exploring the Next Gen General Purpose Tier in Azure SQL Managed Instance
By John
In a recent video, I took a hands-on look at the Next Gen General...
Forums
SSRS error: The Value for the image 'Image1' has a constant value...
Full error message: SSRS error: The Value for the image 'Image1' has a constant...
XML_COMPRESSION for existing tables
We are in the process of upgrading to SQL Server 2022 and would like...
How to Choose the Right Tool for MS SQL to PostgreSQL Migration
Comments posted to this topic are about the item How to Choose the Right...
Question of the Day
Adding Defaults
I have a table, called dbo.logger, in SQL Server 2022. I decide to add two new columns to this table with this code.
ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD CreateDate DATETIME CONSTRAINT dfGetDate DEFAULT GETDATE() GO ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD ModifyDate DATETIME DEFAULT dfGetDate GOWhat happens when I run these two batches? See possible answers