Should He Stay or Should He Go?
Read the first page of the linked article and then cast your vote in this Friday's poll.
Data Science Laboratory System - Key/Value Pair Systems
Though the Key/Value pair paradigm is common to almost every computer language, there is no clear agreement yet for the definition of a Key/Value Pair database. However, Key/Value pair databases are valuable for special applications where speed of writing data is more important than searching and general versatility. Buck Woody experiments.
SSIS Deployments with SQL Server 2012
This article describes different methods for deploying your SSIS projects to a server.
Who Wants to Be Rich?
With all the concern over the economy lately, Steve Jones talks about about finances and tries to bring perspective to those of us in the real world.
Move an On Premise SQL Server Database to the SQL Azure Cloud
I’ve introduced my manager to SQL Server’s cloud based platform, SQL Azure and Windows Azure Virtual Machine. He wants to test functionality with some of our applications, which would require me to move my on premise databases to the Azure Virtual Machine. What is the easiest way to accomplish this task? See how it is done in this tip.
SQLServerCentral.com Users Survey 2013 - Last week
The SQLServerCentral.com survey will end on Wednesday August 21st. Let us know how we're doing and be in with a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card. Winners will be announced later that week.
Lossy data and incorrect data
Your copier could change data when creating an image. Phil Factor has some words of caution.
What’s New with SQL Server 2014
In this article Greg Larson outlines the exciting new features that come along with SQL Server 2014. He'll also let you know where you can download CTP1, as well as where you can find additional resources related to SQL Server 2014.
How to Compile, Deploy and Consume a SQL Server CLR Assembly
Specialized tasks like cryptography require external libraries that are not available in SQL Server. Methods for such tasks can be compiled in a .NET language and deployed to SQL Server as a CLR assembly where the assembly's methods can be referenced by SQL Server stored procedures and functions.
Patch Problems
A few recent Patch problems have Steve Jones concerned about the directions we are going with software.
Blogs
Excellent article on securing msdb
By Brian Kelley
Fabiano Amorim has written an excellent article at Simple Talk on securing msdb. Here's...
T-SQL Tuesday #201: Temp Tables
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, which I am grateful for. So many...
When Do You Reach For A #temp Table?
I needed to do some research because there is more to #temp tables than...
Forums
Return all intermediate members of a recursive CTE?
I wrote a recursive CTE to determine employee levels... but what if I wanted...
jdbc auth failing to sql from sap's cloud middleware CPI
hi , our business partner is asking s4 sap api's for receivable info and...
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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