Insights from the SSRS database
The SSRS database contains a wealth of undocumented information that can help administrators. In this article, Edward Pollack explains how to get to the data and ways to use it.
A New SQL Server Vulnerability
A new vulnerability for SQL Server is covered by a number of patches this week.
Fixing "The Distributor has not been installed correctly" Error with AWS
When migrating a database from SQL Server on premises to AWS, you might receive this error. Learn how to get rid of it.
SQL Database Overview
Learn about what a SQL database is, what is stored in a database and how to interact with a database.
SQL Monitor supports Amazon RDS Monitoring
SQL Monitor works with your SQL Server data, wherever that data exists, from local instances to AWS RDS and AWS virtual machines. You can keep an eye on your estate, regardless of where the data is.
Becoming a Better DBA
Steve has some advice on how to be a better DBA, or really better at whatever career you choose.
Understanding Shared Access Signature and Access Policy in Azure Storage
This article covers how you can give access with a shared key to Azure Storage Accounts and apply a policy for how users can access the files.
Introduction to artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence applications are all around us, but what does it really mean? In this article, Kumar Abhishek explains the history and progress of artificial intelligence.
Summit 2022 Community Pre-cons have been announced
We’re delighted to announce the Summit community pre-conference sessions and speaker lineup! Choose from 14 pre-cons featuring Brent Ozar, Kimberly Tripp, Melissa Coates, Itzik Ben-Gan, Denny Cherry, and others, taking place on Monday Nov. 14 and Tuesday Nov. 15. Full-day pre-con sessions will cover topics including database performance tuning and troubleshooting, T-SQL querying, DAX, security, cloud VMs, Azure Data Factory, Azure infrastructure, parameter sniffing, Power BI, PostgreSQL, equity toolkits, and much more!
Blogs
Who Are You Doing It For?
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Presenting Twice in May 2026
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I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Finding the Next Sequence Value: #SQLNewBlogger
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I saw a question asking about the next sequence value and decided to try...
Forums
DB Design Methods
I've read a few posts regarding what we use to design DB models and...
Auto Update Statistics not triggering on filtered indexes
I've got a table with 186,703,969 rows, about 300GB of data. There are several...
What is the difference between SQL Server and SQL Database?
I created a SQL Database in Azure Portal but I've just noticed it also...
Question of the Day
An Unusual Identity
What values are returned when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest2
(
id NUMERIC(10,0) IDENTITY(10,10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.IdentityTest2
(
somevalue
)
VALUES
( 'Steve')
, ('Bill')
GO
SELECT top 10
id
FROM dbo.IdentityTest2 See possible answers