Developing a backup plan
Without a good backup and recovery strategy in place, a DBA should make sure their resume is always up to date. In this article, Greg Larsen discusses what should be considered when developing a backup plan.
Stairway to Biml Level 8 – Using the Relational Database Metadata to Build Packages
In this next level of the Stairway to Biml, we will examine how you can use the information stored in your RDBMS to build packages.
Your User Group Goals
Today Steve asks what you might want out of your local organization devoted to the data platform.
Deploy Database Objects to Multiple SQL Server Instances Using PowerShell
In this article we look at a PowerShell script that can help you deploy database objects to multiple SQL Server instances.
Effective Data Governance: Being Grown Up About Data
William Brewer explains how to make data governance a continuous organizational activity, based on well-established standards and practices, rather than a knee-jerk response, and which skills and tools will help you achieve compliance, including SQL Data Catalog for discovery and classification of data held in SQL Server.
Free eBook: Fundamentals of SQL Server 2012 Replication
Fundamentals of SQL Server 2012 Replication provides a hands-on introduction to SQL Server replication. The book introduces you to the technologies that make up replication, and then walks you through setting up different replication scenarios. When you've finished reading, you should be able to implement your own multi-server replication setup while following the principle of least privilege.
Introduction to PostgreSQL Database on Amazon RDS
This article explains how to get started with PostgreSQL on AWS.
More Gems from the SQL Prompt Treasure Chest
Become the captain of your SQL Prompt ship by embarking on a voyage of discovery through the hidden treasures of the tool. You'll uncover features of the unknown that will enable you to write, format, analyze and refactor your SQL effortlessly. Join this webinar on December 16th to find out more.
Normal Forms
To prevent data change anomalies, a database should be normalized. Did you know that there are 10 normal forms? In this article, Joe Celko reviews normalizing databases including commonly used normal forms.
Blogs
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
The FinOps Lifecycle: From Budgeting to Reporting
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Working in DevOps long enough teaches you two universal truths: That’s exactly why I...
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Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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