Being proactive in trying to improve your system is good, but sometimes your team might cause you problems with their efforts.

Stairway to Biml 9 – Refactoring a Simple Custom Biml Framework

by Andy Leonard

SQLServerCentral.com

This level of the Stairway to Biml examines how to refactor your Biml into an easier to maintain format.

HSA for Training

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Career Growth

Is there a good way to ensure employees get trained? Steve has a few thoughts today on an idea that could help.

It's More Than What You Know

by MVDBA (Mike Vessey)

SQLServerCentral

I'm a firm believer in keeping your tech skills up to date, as well as your social skills, What better way than attending or presenting at a conference or group meeting. The reason to attend an event I'm very fortunate that my company allows me training days and time for personal development, covering all expenses […]

SQL Database Project Code Branching in Git

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MSSQLTips.com

Source Control | Git | Branching - In this article...

The Ransomware Hero

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Ransomware

A generous individual fights ransomware in his spare time.

What’s in that database? Getting information about routines

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SimpleTalk

Metadata

There is a lot of information held in SQL Server metadata about your SQL Server procedures, triggers, views and functions. Some of it is valuable, other nuggets are useful and a few are rather dull but worthy. It really all needs to be tied together to tell the full story, especially if you are not able to, or do not want to, query the metadata directly.

How SQL Server Can Just Go Faster

by Kathi Kellenberger

SQLServerCentral

Database Weekly

It’s rare to get a call from a customer telling you that the application is fast today and thanks for taking such good care of the database. Instead, you are more likely to hear complaints when things go wrong like slow running queries and timeouts. There is a lot to consider when trying to figure […]