DBA is too large a concept
Tthe term DBA is too broad and we should strive to institute more granular terms.
SQLSaturday # 286 - Louisville, KY
Join SQL Server MVP Grant Fritchey and other SQL Server professionals for a free day of training and networking at SQL Saturday Louisville, June 21. This is a free event, however there are also two paid-for precons available, run by Grant Fritchey and David Fackler. Register for SQL Sat while space is available.
T-SQL User-Defined Functions: Ten Questions You Were Too Shy To Ask
SQL Server User-Defined Functions are good to use in most circumstances, but there just a few questions that rarely get asked on the forums. It's a shame, because the answers to them tend to clear up some ingrained misconceptions about functions that can lead to problems, particularly with locking and performance
Developing with SQL Server – What must a beginner know?
Lowering the bar for entry does not mean lowering the bar for quality. New to SQL Server? Find out where to start.
Extracting data with headers using PowerShell
This article provides a short PowerShell script to extrace data from a database using PowerShell.
Semi-blocking Transformations in SQL Server Integration Services SSIS
In a SSIS data flow, there are multiple types of transformations. On one hand you have synchronous and asynchronous transformations, but on the other hand you have non-blocking, semi-blocking and fully-blocking components. In this tip, Koen Verbeeck takes a closer look on the performance impact of semi-blocking transformations in SSIS.
Cursor-Killing: Retrieving Recently Modified Data
Cursors are considered by many to be the bane of good T-SQL. What are the best ways to avoid iterative T-SQL and to write queries that look and perform beautifully? In the next part of an ongoing series, we look at ways to efficiently retrieve recently modified data.
IT and the Older Generation
David Poole looks at the interactions of technology across generations in this guest editorial.
Should your Source Control System understand your code?
Phil Factor ponders why improvements to source control and versioning so often lag behind the pace of progress in development as a whole.
PowerShell One-Liners: Collections, Hashtables, Arrays and Strings
The way to learn PowerShell is to browse and nibble, rather than to sit down to a formal five-course meal. In his continuing series on PowerShell one-liners, Michael Sorens provides Fast Food for busy professionals who want results quickly and aren't too faddy. Part 3 has as its tasty confections - Collections, Hashtables, arrays and strings.
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Creating JSON II
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