PowerShell Multithreading with PoshRSJob
Intro PowerShell has had a native method for spawning multiple “threads” ever since I can remember, in the form of the *-Job functions. They work OK, but there are...
2018-12-17
23 reads
alevyinroc
- Website: https://flxsql.com
Tips for Attending a SQL Saturday
Matt (blog | twitter) is preparing for his first SQL Saturday presentation next weekend in Washington, DC. He’s asked:
I wanted to get an idea of some good, bad, and...
2018-11-29
5 reads
PASS Summit 2018 - A Lesson in Personal Branding
Last year at PASS Summit 2017, I heard a number of comments related to people not recognizing me without the hat in my social media photo/avatar. The linked post...
2018-11-28
1 reads
PASS Summit 2018 - Photos
My album of people and events at Summit 2018. Somehow a number of photo opportunities were missed!
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2018-11-19
3 reads
Copying Individual Tables with dbatools
@SQLMonkeyNYC asked on Twitter this morning:
#sqlhelp Does anyone have a product that will back up a single table and restore it to another database? Thanks in advance!!
— The SQL...
2018-11-14
9 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #108 - Learning Tech Beyond SQL Server
Malathi Mahadevan (blog|twitter) is hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, a monthly blog party for the SQL Server community.
Malathi has asked us to:
Pick one thing you want to learn that...
2018-11-06
5 reads
PASS Summit: Planting Seeds of Knowledge
On the eve of this year’s PASS Summit, I find myself reflecting on my first Summit in 2012. My employer was generous enough to pay for not only Summit...
2018-11-04
2 reads
PASS Summit 2018 - Let's Hang Out! Where to Find Me
In addition to being an amazing opportunity for both technical and professional development, PASS Summit is a #sqlfamily reunion and a huge networking event. Catching up with old friends,...
2018-10-29
3 reads
Here Comes the New Blog. Same as the Old Blog.
Welcome to the new home of my blog! I’ve had this domain for over a year but with PASS Summit 2018 coming up soon I decided it was time...
2018-10-28
3 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #107 - Death March
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Jeff Mlakar and he asks us to write about a project that went horribly wrong. My story isn’t really worthy of the...
2018-10-10
2 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...
Forums
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...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Semantic Search in SQL Server...
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