Automation is a Key Skill for the Modern DBA
This month's T-SQL Tuesday had lots of posts that look at automation from the DBA perspective, rather than the software developer.
Remote Work Benefits
Today Steve wonders if companies ought to support remote work better with other benefits.
Delete Duplicate Rows with No Primary Key on a SQL Server Table
Every once in awhile a table gets created without a primary key and duplicate records get entered. The problem gets even worse when you have two identical rows in the table and there is no way to distinguish between the two rows. So how do you delete the duplicate record?
When SQL Server Performance Goes Bad: Implicit Conversions
When you're developing a database, the pressure is on to get something that works, using an efficient algorithm. When you are getting close to a release candidate, however, there are some programming habits that must be removed from the code, because they can cause unexpected performance problems. In this article, you'll learn how to detect and remove one such problem: reliance on implicit datatype conversions in your queries. We'll use a combination of plan cache queries, extended events, and SQL Monitor.
SCOM Alert: MSSQL 2014: SQL Server cannot authenticate using Kerberos
Learn how to correct an error that is overloading SCOM by fixing an SPN.
The Two Ways Containers Will Revolutionize Database DevOps
Containers have already transformed the way application development works, but adoption has been slower for databases. Finally, the revolution is beginning. In this post, Kendra Little shares the two ways in which containers will dramatically change the way teams develop and deploy database changes.
Do You Have Big Data?
Data sizes are always growing. Stats on world data are astounding, as are the stats many of us experience in our lives. Plenty of us have moved from MB management to GBs, and I see plenty of people dealing with TB storage at home. Most of that data is likely from images and video, but […]
Half Of You Don’t Understand Variables and Transactions.
Do table variables and variables respect transactions? If we set the value of a variable during a transaction, and we roll it back, what happens?
Configure SQL Server on Ubuntu 16.04 to use Active Directory Authentication
Learn how to get Windows Authentication working on an Ubuntu SQL Server on Linux instance.
Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
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...
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SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
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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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