SQL Server 2008 RTM - Community Thoughts & Resources
As has widely been announced in the SQL Server community, SQL Server 2008 has RTM'ed. It's now available for download...
2008-08-07
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Blog Posts
Negotiating - It's Not All About Winning
More and more I see business people adopt the mindset that any negotiation is raw combat with the goal of...
2008-08-05
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Free SQL Sticker from Paul Nielsen
A little while ago Paul Nielsen tweeted about having free Euro-style SQL stickers. All one had to do was email...
2008-08-04
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Great Read on the Difficulty of Computer Security
The SANS Internet Storm Center has a great handler post about working at the Abuse department for an ISP:
Securing a...
2008-08-04
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Kindle Update - August
Apparently the Kindle is a great success, financially, for Amazon. That's good to hear, though I haven't made the decision...
2008-08-04
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Moving TempDB Posted on SQLServerCentral.com
Moving Tempdb isn't a common operation, and mercifully a simple one if it comes to that. As in much of...
2008-08-04
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Tool Review: Snarfer
I'm probably in the minority, but I use an offline reader for consuming feeds. Nothing wrong with browser based readers other than that...
2008-08-04
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oPASS Meeting Tomorrow Night (Aug 5, 2008)
We've got two technical sessions scheduled for tomorrow night. The first is by long time oPASS member Dolores Tofel discussing...
2008-08-03
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Cold backup and remote control of sql server services
I recently got a request to do a "cold" backup of a small yet complex db environment, I say "small" because...
2008-08-02
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You Hired Good People, Right?
In the current issue of Redmond magazine there's an interesting story in the Never Again column. It's titled:
Listen to the...
2008-08-02
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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,...
Forums
Foreach Loop still executes after process and delete all the folders
I have two challenges XML source control not displaying the XML file parent node...
Which 'Where' statement conditional upon a variable
Thanks in advance for any clues on this. I am trying to write a...
Backup to Immutable Storage
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Backup to Immutable Storage
In SQL Server 2025, a backup can be made on Azure Immutable Storage. What changes in how the backup is created?
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