Script to analyse space usage by your Service Broker
I believe that service broker is one of the best features from SQL server 2005, well along with the xml...
2012-04-16
2,446 reads
Art
Creating cards in Trello via the REST API and parsing the returned JSON all in a SQL CLR
I recently blogged about how good I thought Trello was and shortly afterwards I found out that they did provide...
2012-03-14
8,585 reads
Trello: An agile style kan-ban web app that really works
I am no different to many others where I am being asked to work on various projects concurrently and expected...
2012-02-29 (first published: 2012-02-27)
2,889 reads
Blogging: Controlling SPAM in Orchard CMS with OpenCaptcha
When I started blogging last year, my first major decision was either to host my own site somewhere using a...
2012-02-16
1,808 reads
Convert comma separated string to table and vice versa
I know that this subject has been blogged about numerous times but I thought I'd post an alternative way of...
2012-02-07
18,777 reads
Denali
Is all set to be officially known as SQL 2012 and will be finally released in....... 2012!
Announced at the PASS...
2012-02-07
839 reads
Simple XML exist performance enhancement
I came across this really simple best practice from BOL for the xml method exist which when used will give...
2012-02-07
1,273 reads
SQLBits9
SQLBits9 – “Query across the Mersey” was held in the majestic Adelphi hotel. This was my first SQLBits experience and was...
2012-02-07
992 reads
Introduction to XML DML (Part 3) - Using the modify() method: delete
This is the last part of a 3 part blog which will attempt to show some different ways of how...
2012-02-06 (first published: 2012-02-02)
10,248 reads
Introduction to XML DML (Part 2) - Using the modify() method: replace value of
This is the second part of a 3 part blog which will attempt to show some different ways of how...
2012-01-26
13,975 reads
Blogs
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...
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
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