SQLonCall: Mock Interview, Part I
The first part of a great video series from Chris Shaw of SQL Oncall that walks you through a mock interview and gives advice on how you can present yourself in the best light.
Source Control in SQL Server
One of the most requested features from SQL Server developers is the integration of source control with T-SQL code. SQL Server Management Studio brings some integration with Visual Source Safe and longtime SQL Server author Raj Vasant explains it to us.
Accessing and Updating Data in ASP.NET 2.0: Handling Database NULL Values
Dealing with NULL database values in ASP.NET.
Custom check-in policies with VSTS
In this column, I'll dig into check-in notes and policies. You'll learn how check-in notes work and how to write your own custom policy implementations.
Under the Hood: How Dependency Probability is Computed by Naïve Bayes
This tip provides insight into the inner workings of the Microsoft Naive Bayes algorithm, showing how the algorithm computes the score used to filter out correlations.
Developers and DBAs
The battle between developers and DBAs can be a rough one at times. However DBAs are often outnumbered by developers and need to be sure they fit in. DBA Janet Wong brings us one of her experiences about how you can better go with the flow.
The 5 Stages of Volunteering
Volunteers are important to ensuring the success of so many organizations. IT-based organizations, such as user groups, are no different. Steve Jones leads you through a few of the stages of being a volunteer and hopes more of you will participate in your local area.
The DBA Routine
What's the routine of a normal DBA job? Too many people work alone and don't get feedback or comments on what they should be doing from other DBAs. Andy Warren has jotted some notes down on what you should make sure is a part of your job.
Microsoft Windows PowerShell and SQL Server 2005 WMI Providers – Part 1
Learn how to perform administrative tasks by accessing the SQL Server 2005 WMI Providers using Window PowerShell.
Reorganize permissions in SQL Server 2005 step by step
Learn how to reorganize permissions in SQL Server 2005 in a multiple database environment.
Blogs
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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