SQL Saturday #227 - Charleston
SQL Saturday is coming to Charleston, SC on October 12, 2013. SQL Saturday is a free training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server. Don't miss Charleston's first SQL Saturday.
Replication: Distribution Agent Monitoring
Learn about the distribution agent and how to identify replication bottlenecks.
Lab Ops 2–The Lee-Robinson Script
Marcus Robinson adapted PowerShell scripts by Thomas Lee to build a set of VMs to run a course in a reliable and repeatable way. With Marcus’s permission, Andrew Fryer has put that Setup Script on SkyDrive, and provided notes on the script.
Secure Programming
Writing secure programs is hard. Steve Jones has a few comments on what some of the issues are with training developers.
Get CPU and Cores for SQL Server 2012 Licensing
With SQL Server 2012, Microsoft introduced a new licensing model; licensing per core replaced the licensing per processor. We need to adjust budget to reflect licensing changes for our next Enterprise Agreement renewal, but we do not have processor core information from any of our server inventory tools. This tip explains how to quickly gather information about each server's processor cores without logging in to each server.
SQL in the City Charlotte 2013
Join Red Gate on the day before PASS Summit for a full-day of free training from SQL Server MVPs and top presenters. Get $200 off your PASS conference ticket when you register for SQL in the City Charlotte, which takes place on Monday October 14.
Confessions of an IT Manager, 2nd Edition - Book
The software industry is, just occasionally, more absurd than one would dare to imagine. Having spent most of his working life in its clutches, Phil Factor has pretty much "seen it all" and what's more he's prepared to tell what he knows. The second edition of Phil's "Confessions of an IT Manager" contains Phil's full repertoire of tales of institutional mayhem and software projects gone awry.
Data Mining Introduction Part 7: Microsoft Association
This article is part of the Data Mining introduction series. This article is about the Microsoft Association algorithm.
Data Mining Introduction Part 7: Microsoft Association
This article is part of the Data Mining introduction series. This article is about the Microsoft Association algorithm.
The Need for Tape
Are tape systems obsolete? A recent incident has Steve Jones thinking perhaps not.
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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