SQL Server Central Guest Editorial
My second guest editorial is up at SQL Server Central. These are fun to do (especially the video) even though they’re...
2009-10-14
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The Scary DBA
Operations Manager Feedback
If you’re involved with maintaining Microsoft Operations Manager, you probably have a few things you’d like to tell the developers,...
2009-10-13
517 reads
Table Variables Are Only in Memory: Fact or Myth
I keep seeing these concepts that have long been disproven, posted again and again on newsgroups as if they were valid information. The...
2009-10-13
671 reads
Another Book
Well, part of one anyway. I wrote three chapters of Rob Walter’s new book, Beginning SQL Server 2008 Administration. I...
2009-10-10
544 reads
3 Weeks to the PASS Summit
The PASS Summit is only three weeks away and I’m getting awfully excited. It’s not too late to register. Heck,...
2009-10-10
632 reads
SNESSUG September Meeting
We had a good night with 13 people attending. I ran unopposed for president of SNESSUG for my second, and...
2009-10-08
597 reads
PASS Log Reader Awards
Brent Ozar, Andy Warren and Jeremiah Peschka have put together a blogger award called the PASS Log Reader Award. I...
2009-10-08
724 reads
Hey, ho, where’d you go…
Ohio?
I’m presenting on Thursday to the Columbus SQL Server Users Group, home of the newly minted MVP, Jeremiah Peschka (congrats again)....
2009-10-06
534 reads
Ad Hoc Queries Don’t Reuse Execution Plans: Myth or Fact
Another frequently heard story is that stored procedures get and reuse execution plans, but ad hoc queries do not. A...
2009-10-05
3,204 reads
Free Stuff and a SQL Server Standard Update
Great news. We’ve managed to get one article all the way through the process. We’ll have our first publication out...
2009-10-02
717 reads
Blogs
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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A Full Shutdown
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Question of the Day
OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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