Next up: #SQLSat107, HOU (and #SQLRally)
For me, conference season begins with the new year, and ends with the PASS Summit (sorry, November and December SQL...
2012-04-17
681 reads
Jen McCown
SQL Saturday #111 Atlanta recap and links and stuff and things….
I particularly enjoy SQL Saturdays in Atlanta for a few reasons. It gives me an excellent excuse to come out...
2012-04-16
697 reads
SQL Tribal Knowledge needs editors!
A while back I invited the unpublished masses to submit abstracts for a new-author-written SQL book – called Tribal SQL – and the...
2012-03-21
654 reads
#Meme15: On Facebook
This will be my first Meme15 (here’s Jason Strate’s original Meme15 post), and today we’re talking Facebook. The question is:
How...
2012-03-15
813 reads
I’m sorry, you’ve committed a GIANT INTERNET FAIL (#SQL2012)
Updated with links to no-login goodness. Updated again with IE rage.
This week, Microsoft announced the SQL Server 2012 release to...
2012-03-07
931 reads
SQL Server 2012 RTM. Translation: SQL 12 is out now! (Virtual Launch event update)
Originally published March 6, now with Post-launch updates.
Just a quick note for you today: Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2012...
2012-03-06
988 reads
Want to write for Microsoft?
Edit: The group I’m speaking to is the Content Team, not the Books Online (BOL) team!
Edit: Updated with FAQs and...
2012-03-02
719 reads
How’s Microsoft doing with community involvement? (updated)
Update: Jen Lussier has blogged a summary of the talks she had at the MVP summit last week. Take a...
2012-02-28
1,604 reads
An open letter to anyone with “SQL Server” on their resume
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have your resume here in my hand and couldn’t help but notice that you have listed...
2012-02-09
2,903 reads
SSRS Tip: Hide a tablix if no rows returned
I have a tablix in an SSRS report, populated by a query that might or might not return any rows. ...
2012-01-19
2,008 reads
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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