New Certification - MS System Administrator
Microsoft has announced a new certification for system administrators. This is below an MCSE, but includes an elective which may be SQL Server.
A Few Meta Data UDFs
Alexander Chigrik presents a few UDFs he has developed for getting meta data about your database objects.
Executing a script from SQL Server
Running a script automatically from SQL Server is easier than you think. Here are a few methods you can use.
Common SQL Server and Windows Clustering Questions and Problems
This article covers some of the common issues and questions when you cluster SQL Server 2000 and Windows 2000.
Review: Total SQL Analyzer
Total SQL Analyzer is a new product that can help document your SQL Server. This review examines the product and some of it's features.
Improve System Performance in Your Indexing Scheme Using Asynchronous
The Web Data Administrator is a utility program implemented in ASP.NET that enables you to easily manage your SQL data, wherever you are.
A Few Mathematical UDFs
Alexander Chigrik presents a few Math UDFs he has developed for common functions.
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
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The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
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ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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