SQLSaturday, Rocky, and a CheeseSteak - Upcoming Event
As you know, the SQLSaturday sensation has exploded all over the nation. So many events scheduled this year, there is...
2011-01-31
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Robert Pearl
Microsoft SQL Server Licensing For Dummies..
Microsoft SQL Server Licensing For Dummies..
Don’t let the above title fool you! Have you been confused on the Microsoft...
2011-01-24
89,437 reads
What the heck is going on? Industry news, shake-ups,depatures, old controversies and new beginnings
What the heck is going on? Industry news, shake-ups and departures.
It's only two weeks into the New Year 2011, but there's...
2011-01-12
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Get Prepared for the January Hiring Season
Get Prepared for the January Hiring Season
As the year winds down, in what was undoubtedly a tough economic year for...
2010-12-21
760 reads
Just in time for Christmas – SQL Server 2005 SP4
Just in time for Christmas, Microsoft releases SQL Server 2005 SP4.
Many were wondering if they would meet their intended...
2010-12-18
1,750 reads
Upgrading to SQL Server 2008 - a comprehensive checklist.
There are many considerations and much preparation to do, when a company decides that it is ready to upgrade their...
2010-12-13
13,775 reads
Signal Waits and Resource Waits...a clarification
Signal Waits vs. Resource Waits
During my presentation at SQLSaturday#59, I spoke about the categories of wait types, such as...
2010-12-06
3,713 reads
Signal Waits and Resource Waits...a clarification
Signal Waits vs. Resource Waits
During my presentation at SQLSaturday#59, I spoke about the categories of wait types, such as...
2010-12-03
20,663 reads
Notes from SQLSaturday#59 - Waits & Queues Presentation
SQLSaturday#59 – Waits & Queues Presentation
At SQLSaturday#59 in NYC, my session was about Waits & Queues. I presented a topic I thought was...
2010-11-24
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SQLCentric is a winner of the 2010 SQL Server Magazine's Community Choice Awards!
As I was doing a little research this evening for a client, I hit the SQLMag site for the latest updates. ...
2010-11-22
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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...
Forums
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
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