Rollback and Recovery Troubleshooting; Challenges and Strategies
What happens if your database deployment goes awry? Grant Fritchey has some troubleshooting advice to get you out of a bind.
Creating Memory-Optimized Table in SQL Server 2014
A quick introduction of how to create memory-optimized tables in SQL Server 2014
DBAs and the Fear Factor
Louis Davidson on why DBAs ought to do one thing, every day, that is scary.
Finding Unused SQL Server Stored Procedures With PowerShell
Tim Smith describes a number of ways to tell which Stored Procedures are in use, DMVs, a SQL Server Trace, and his preferred method, the Source Code and PowerShell.
SQLServerCentral.com 2014 Users Survey
We want to make sure we're covering the things that are relevant to you, so we're asking for some feedback on what you use on SSC, where we need to improve, and what you'd like to see.
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Granular or Cell Level Encryption in SQL Server
Arshad Ali demonstrates granular level encryption in detail and explains how it differs from Transparent Data Encryption (TDE).
Do Other Departments Know What You Do?
Do other departments know what you do? One on one discussions is a great way to make sure.
Dynamic Management Views: Changes in SQL Server 2012
There were many new DMVs added in SQL Server 2012, and some that have changed since SQL Server 2008 R2. This is a brief overview of the biggest changes and what they mean to you!
Blogs
Advice I Like: Respect
By Steve Jones
“Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them respect you.” –...
Blue Sky Programming – The Optimism Trap
Many years ago, before I joined Oracle, I was working on a major modernisation...
Setting Up a Mac for Data Engineering and AI Work
If you work with data pipelines, SQL, notebooks, or machine learning models, a Mac...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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Is Fabric a Reliable Service or a Ripped Resource?
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locking down agent for new user on our dev machine
hi , a new user wants to be able to add sql agent jobs...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers