How to troubleshoot SSL encryption issues in SQL Server
Tibor Nagy explains how to find the root cause of SSL encryption configuration problems in Microsoft SQL Server.
Overcoming Proposal Objections
We have all had our innovative solutions and proposals shot down by leads, managers and directors. This article addresses some of the causes and tips to improving the success rate for getting your ideas into the priority list.
What, When and who? Auditing 101
In this article we will take a look at one of the new technology that was introduced in SQL Server 2008 for Auditing.
The SQL Scrabble Puzzle
An enhancement to a Phil Factor puzzle gives you a chance to play scrabble in T-SQL.
Webinar: Performance Tuning .NET & SQL Code Using ANTS Performance Profiler
In this LIDNUG webinar, Mitchel Sellers walks through performance tuning best practices, and investigates how developers can use ANTS Performance Profiler to explore their application code and the SQL queries and execution plans behind it.
Monitor Database Growth and Usage
Create a repository of all your database devices and stay informed about changes in their size and usage.
What Have You Learned Lately?
Have you learned anything new lately? Steve Jones asks the question after an interesting T-SQL Tuesday.
Bitwise Operations in T-SQL
How can you get a list of columns that have changed within a trigger in T-SQL? How can you see what bits are set within a varbinary or integer? How would you pass a bitmap parameter to a system stored procedure? Phil Factor has answers.
Runbooks in SQL Azure
SQL Azure Runbooks promise to be your “SQL Server Agent in the cloud” enabling automation of time consuming, repetitive tasks.
The Value of Code
What's the value of code to your organization? Steve Jones thinks it's much larger than many people believe.
Blogs
Designing a Storage Load Test for SQL Server
I’ve been doing storage load tests for SQL Server for a long time, both...
Questions and Answers from Running a Local LLM
By Steve Jones
I had a few random questions from my Running a Local LLM on Your...
Overview of Claude AI Models: Which One to Choose?
By Arun Sirpal
For those entering the AI space whether professionally or personally I wanted to give...
Forums
A question about how to store the address in the database
I have an app that has an address field on the customer and the...
SSIS package failing intermittently on last Excel Component
Good Afternoon, I have a Job which "fires" off an SSIS package (that is...
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: JSON_ARRAYAGG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item T-SQL in SQL Server 2025:...
Question of the Day
Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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