Connecting to PostgreSQL: Learning PostgreSQL with Grant
Database professionals often work with more than one database platform. Grant Fritchey explains setting up and connecting to PostgreSQL database.
Did you know SQL Monitor supports Azure databases, too?
SQL Monitor allows you to bring your whole estate into a single monitoring landscape that has a consistent interface, whether you have an all-Azure environment, or, more likely, a mixed database environment. Find out more, here!
BETWEEN the two of us
BETWEEN can be used in a SQL WHERE clause to filter on a range. Joe Celko explains the history of BETWEEN and also could be implemented.
DBAs at work #2: The airline DBA
How different is it working as a DBA at an airline? Find out how your peers work in this series: DBAs at work. This episode features Deborah Thompson, Database Administrator at WestJet, Canada’s second largest airline.
Acknowledging Success
Annual awards are a fun thing for Steve, and he hopes more organizations will start doing them.
Introduction to SQL Jobs in Azure Data Studio
Learn how to work with SQL Agent Jobs in Azure Data Studio.
A Flyway Teams Callback Script for Auditing SQL Migrations
Demonstrates a cross-database PowerShell callback script for reporting on and auditing Flyway migrations, telling you which scripts were used to create each version, when they were run, who ran them and more.
Raw Data Ingestion into Delta Lake Bronze tables using Azure Synapse Mapping Data Flow
In this article we look at how ingestion will read data from the landing zone and push data into the Bronze layer of the Delta Lake tables for Azure Synapse Analytics.
One to many SQL Server books
Back in the late 90s, I had one large book on my desk with everything I needed – or thought I needed -- to know about SQL Server. It covered T-SQL, installation, backups, security, and more. Over the years, Microsoft has added components like SQL Server Integration Services and features like windowing functions and improved […]
Blogs
Voice of the DBA | Writings from Steve Jones, the Voice of the DBA
By Steve Jones
Houston AI-Lytics 2026–Powerpoint Slides Thanks to everyone for attending my session on running a...
The Book of Redgate: Do the Right Things
By Steve Jones
I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve...
How to Connect to SQL Server When Nothing Else Works – DAC
By gbargsley
It's 2 AM. Your phone is going off. Users can't connect to the application,...
Forums
Warning: Could not open global shared memory to communicate with performance DLL
Hi everyone I am getting below warning when I run SSIS: Warning: 0x80049304 at...
Let's Talk Community Events!
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that one limitation in replication
Hi as shown below a replication target requires a primary key. if we want...
Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks
By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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