SQLSaturday#71 is only a day away! - Final Schedule....
Just a final note for all of you planning on attending tomorrow's SQL Saturday #71 event extravaganza up in Boston. The event...
2011-04-01
755 reads
Robert Pearl
SQL Server Quiz - Answer the questions, win a prize.....
It's March Madness, and we're not just talking about basketball. We're not just talking about Women's History Month, which is...
2011-03-15
2,103 reads
SQLSaturday#69 - Philadelphia Wrap-Up
Just wanted to take the opportunity to summarize my experience at SQLSaturday#69 in Philadelphia, this past Saturday. Another city, another amazing event! I haven't been...
2011-03-08
2,372 reads
Jump on the SQLExpress – Useful info, ways to schedule and run maintenance jobs
Jump on the SQLExpress – Useful info, ways to schedule and run maintenance jobs
Sometimes, folks come to me, and ask for...
2011-03-04
5,042 reads
SQLSaturday#69 - Update - Schedule Posted! - You Can Still Register
It's just a little less than 2 weeks to SQLSaturday#69 at DeVry University, 1140 Virginia Drive, Ft. Washington, PA 19034...
2011-02-21
869 reads
Intro to SSAS BI Workshop - Review
A Synopsis of My Experiences of the “Intro to SSAS” BI Workshop in NYC!
By Robert Pearl
Well it’s a wrap of...
2011-02-18
1,840 reads
What's OLD in SQL Server 11 aka Denali? - Deprecated Feature List
Well, we always see, hear, and read about the list of NEW features in the myriad of articles, columns and blogs...
2011-02-08
1,731 reads
28-days in February - What to do - Read about Waits & Queues
Happy Monday! I'm sure many of you may have already caught on, that Waits & Queues is the way to go...
2011-02-07
711 reads
Microsoft SQL Server Licensing For Dummies..
Don’t let the above title fool you! Have you been confused on the Microsoft SQL Server Licensing requirements? Per Processor, Per CAL, Per Core, Per Socket, Per Node – Per haps (space intended :-), we should revisit the issue again, and try to offer some assistance as you go forward in making your purchasing decisions.
2011-02-04
4,848 reads
Something BIG in Boston - SQLSaturday#71
BIG in BOSTON
Last time, I blogged about the first upcoming event in the North East in Philadelphia, PA – SQLSaturday#69, but...
2011-02-02
633 reads
Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
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Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
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Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers