Monitoring Database Blocking Through SCOM 2007 Custom Rules and Alerts
A methodology is described to bring out the best in database monitoring through System Center Operations Manager 2007 customization.
Granting View Definition Permission to a User or Role
Instead of granting higher level permissions, is there a way to allow users that only have public access the ability to see object definitions?
Too Good at Data Analysis
Can you be too good at analyzing data? An interesting story from the financial markets.
Too Good at Data Analysis
Can you be too good at analyzing data? An interesting story from the financial markets.
Too Good at Data Analysis
Can you be too good at analyzing data? An interesting story from the financial markets.
Climb Another Mountain - Database Weekly (Oct 13, 2008)
The next version of SQL Server has a codename. Or does it? Steve Jones talks about some announcements in the SQL Server world this past week.
Climb Another Mountain - Database Weekly (Oct 13, 2008)
The next version of SQL Server has a codename. Or does it? Steve Jones talks about some announcements in the SQL Server world this past week.
Climb Another Mountain - Database Weekly (Oct 13, 2008)
The next version of SQL Server has a codename. Or does it? Steve Jones talks about some announcements in the SQL Server world this past week.
Data Farming
Another spy story involving data that's not true, and perhaps not plausible, but it makes Steve Jones think about data shadows.
Data Farming
Another spy story involving data that's not true, and perhaps not plausible, but it makes Steve Jones think about data shadows.
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers