PASS Summit to Stay in Seattle
PASS has released the survey results as well as its decision about where to hold future Summit events. The decision...
2010-03-10
1,980 reads
Brian Kelley
- Interests: Chess, Reading, Soccer (Football), Baseball, Animals, Theology
Upgraded to Model
That's right, folks, I'm now a model. Or at least, a model DB. Tom LaRock released his most recent rankings and...
2010-03-10
566 reads
Focus on Your Passion
Tuesday night I was having a conversation with my younger son, whom we call Turtle. It's a nickname that came...
2010-03-04
1,081 reads
Baby Steps to Learning Something New
I had a really bad habit of trying to jump into the middle of something I didn't know very well,...
2010-03-03
4,805 reads
Personal "Failure" Is Just a Result
I'm reading a book by two teens called Do Hard Things. It's a book which represents a rejection of the...
2010-03-02
975 reads
Plan for Failure
Notice I didn't title this "Plan to Fail." We should never plan to fail. That's sabotage. And that ain't right,...
2010-02-24
1,014 reads
Quest POTW Webcast on SQL Injection Now Available
Back a couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of participating in a Pain of the Week webcast with Kevin...
2010-02-23
1,364 reads
What Does It Look Like When Everything Is Okay?
I'm a big believer in looking at systems when everything is okay. I'm not the only one, as Joe Richards, a...
2010-02-22
863 reads
On Ethics
I was having a conversation recently with a friend and former co-worker of mine. He's bounced around here and there,...
2010-02-19
791 reads
Why I Don't Like Microsoft Access
After seeing Brent Ozar's Top 10 Reasons Why Access Doesn't Rock, and seeing all the comments it generated, I figured...
2010-02-15
4,287 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
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Work out closing balance using opening balance of prior month
Hello, I think I need a recursive cte query but unsure of the logic....
The Security of Old Tech
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Tables with a SPARSE Column and Consumption
True or False: Tables with a SPARSE column consume more space than regular columns if most values are NOT NULL.
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