I have spent a lot of time learning about how to effectively network and the benefits that it can bring to my life and career. What I find interesting, however, is that there is a negative connotation revolving around the good ol’…
Writing code for a database is more of a challenge than writing for applications. Before the developers bite my head off, I do not mean that the languages, such as T-SQL, are more difficult or that applications are any less…
SCHEMABINDING is an option that is available for objects in T-SQL which contain user defined code. Examples include, stored procedures, indexes, and functions. Straight from MSDN, SCHEMABINDING… Specifies that the schema is bound to the database objects that it references….
Earlier this year Microsoft Azure implemented Row-Level Security (Brent’s announcement). In following Microsoft’s cloud-first release concept, this great feature is now part of SQL Server 2016 CTP2, and expected to be included in the RTM version. When I first saw…
About six months ago I wrote about the challenges of using the Always-On Availability Group Listeners with SSMS. At the time, I had presented three problems and only solutions for two of them. At this time, I am happy to…
QS-Config v2.0 has passed closed beta and is now entering open beta. Feature changes / additions: Supports PowerShell v2.0 and higher. Supports SQL Server 2014. One script for all supported versions of SQL Server, rather than a script per version….
Version control (VC) is very important for any type of IT shop, big and small, as well as for application code and database code. Most of my career I’ve used Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server (TFS) for my VC system. I have…
Often database administrators must ask themselves a simple, yet tedious question, “what server is that database on,” or maybe, “how many servers do we still have on SQL Server 2005?” This article will cover how to use SQL Server’s Central…
The Start-Job Cmdlet is a fast and extremely simple means of spawning asynchronous threads. Why do we care? Because performing parallel work is faster and our time is important. If I want to inventory the Windows services running on every…
Today is my last day working for Liberty Tax Service. Liberty took a chance on me when I was fresh out of the Navy with no experience as a DBA and has been there every step of the way as…