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2005-05-12
3,665 reads
SQL Server Central
The BestOf vol. 3 and Stumpers Vol. 2
New books from SQLServerCentral.com. The latest versions of our very popular SQL Server reference materials are now available.
2005-05-11
5,017 reads
Congratulations Frank
A Longtime SQLServerCentral.com member and a very valued member of the community has just received a great honor in our field. Take a moment to read and add your congratulations.
2005-04-08
4,396 reads
A New Contest!
SQLServerCentral.com is starting a new contest, one where we'll have a winner every week as long as we can find prizes. Read on and see how you can enter.
2005-03-04
3,706 reads
eSubscriptions Are Here!!!
Last year we started a magazine, the SQL Server Standard, a publication devoted to SQL Server with articles written by you and me, people who work with the product in the real world. Now we're pleased to announce that eSubscriptions to the magazine in PDF format are now available.
2005-02-16
2,907 reads
A New MCP Benefit
We would like to think that most DBAs are certified as at least MCPs if not MCDBAs. We have worked out a deal with Microsoft to provide yet another benefit for MCPs. Read on to find out more.
2005-02-15
6,147 reads
Book Sale
SQLServerCentral.com is having a sale. Support the site and get some valuable information for your library.
2005-01-24
2,627 reads
SQLServerCentral.com Email Changes
The staff at SQLServerCentral.com really appreciates your support and contributions to the community. We are always looking to improve things here and we have made a couple changes to the way our email system works.
2005-01-11
2,977 reads
Webcast: Six Principles for Increasing the Speed of Business Intellige
Trey Johnson, a PASS board member and a senior business intelligence consultant, is doing a webcast on Tuesday. Join him for a great talk getting a business intelligence system up and successful in your environment.
2005-01-10
2,660 reads
SQLServerCentral.com Celebrates our 200,000 Member Milestone
Many thanks from Andy, Brian, and Steve to everyone for their participation and efforts in building the best SQL Server site and the best community on the Internet. In appreciation of their efforts, we've given away a few gifts to some random members.
2005-01-10
2,478 reads
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