Steve writes a T-SQL Tuesday entry about triggers.

What is the impact of setting SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF?

by Nakul Vachhrajani

SQLServerCentral.com

SET Options

Setting ANSI_WARNINGS OFF to avoid NULL value elimination warnings can have an impact on the data quality and system behaviour.

Displaying and Removing Unprintable Hexadecimal Characters from SQL Server Data

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Database Journal

Hexadecimal

There are times when you might need to look at your SQL Server data in hexadecimal format. Occasionally some string data will contain unprintable characters, which can cause downstream problems, if not detected and removed. Read on to learn how to display and remove unprintable hexadecimal characters from SQL Server data.

Bringing them back from the dead

by Eirikur Eiriksson

SQLServerCentral.com

Disaster Recovery (DR)

When trying to find the causes for why the SQL Server service doesn’t start, one of the best places to start is the SQL Server Error log, but there is a problem!

Is Forgiveness Possible?

by drsql@hotmail.com

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

Recently, there was a prominent film director fired from directing an episode in a very entertaining and profitable movie franchise. His firing was for tweets he made that were in very bad taste. And bad doesn’t begin to cover it, they were about topics that were universally despicable. What made this interesting was not that […]

The Hybrid Cloud

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

There are lots of options with cloud providers and hybrid versions of public and private clouds might be the best solution.

Questions About Kerberos and SQL Server That You Were Too Shy to Ask

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SimpleTalk

Kerberos

Kerberos authentication is a topic that many database administrators avoid. It’s really not that difficult to understand, but it’s also easy to get wrong. In this article, Kathi Kellenberger talks about what you need to know about configuring Kerberos for SSRS and SQL Server databases but were too shy to ask.

College Degrees Shouldn't Be Required for Tech Jobs

by KendraLittle

SQLServerCentral.com

Editorial

Today we have a guest editorial from Kendra Little that talks about the requirements you may have for potential employees.

Configuring Service Broker Architecture

by Valerij Urban

SQLServerCentral.com

Service Broker (SSSB)

Learn how to configure technically reliable, consistent, robust, efficient, asynchronous message queuing and processing mechanism to start developing highly available, scalable applications based upon the service–oriented architecture.