The Career Bucket List
Steve Jones asks you to look forward in your career, perhaps setting goals that move you forward.
Why PolyBase Matters
An alternative approach to disaster recovery and backup strategies using PolyBase.
The Basics of Good T-SQL Coding Style – Part 3: Querying and Manipulating Data
SQL was designed to be a third-generation language, expressed in syntax close to real language, because it was designed to be easy for untrained people to use. Even so, there are ways of expressing SQL Queries and data manipulation in ways that make it easier for the database engine to turn into efficient action. and easier for your colleagues to understand. Robert Sheldon homes in on data querying and manipulation and makes suggestions for team standards in SQL Coding.
Installing SQL Server Agent on SUSE Linux
Manvendra Singh explains how to install SQL Server Agent on SUSE Linux server, so that you can create SQL Server Jobs to schedule repetitive work.
Jumping Ahead
There are times when you look back and times when you look forward in your career. Sometimes, however, we might try to push forward too fast.
How to Find Out Which Database Object Got Deleted
Greg Larsen shows you how to use the Transaction ID value to identify the object_id for a deleted table.
Responsibility to Learn
“I would educate myself, and that I would never stop educating myself. It was my responsibility to keep learning.” Who said that? Albert Einstein? Da Vinci? Stephen Hawking? None of the above. That statement came from the Demon of the rock band KISS, Gene Simmons. If a rock & roll legend knows that it’s on […]
Blogs
TRY_PARSE Limitations: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I got a notification from a question I’d posted at SQL Server Central: Getting...
SQL Server sa Account Security: Rename, Disable & Best Practices
By SQLPals
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Stanford Emerging Technology Review 2026 Report is out
By Brian Kelley
Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing are two areas of emerging technology that receive most...
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A Limited Startup
I add this parameter to SQL Server 2025 in the Configuration Manager:
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