SQL Saturday 49 Delivery Mechanisms - Presentation Slide Deck and Files
This past weekend, my wife and I travelled down to Orlando for SQL Saturday 49. I wasn't planning on presenting,...
2010-10-20
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Brian K. McDonald
Return Indexes for a Particular Table using TSQL
I posted a blog recently about returning a listing of all indexes for database, which is good if you want...
2010-10-16
1,152 reads
When was SQL Server Restarted?
While doing some performance testing recently and utilizing some of the DMV’s I figured, I better find out when the...
2010-10-16
1,548 reads
Andy Warren’s Word Counter
I typically don’t blog about other people blogs, because quite frankly I don’t like giving summations of the work someone...
2010-10-14
646 reads
List Indexes For Database using TSQL
A while ago, I showed you how to find out what indexes were on a table using the GUI. Today,...
2010-10-14
34,690 reads
Running Totals for Each Group
A while ago, I posted a blog on how one could perform running totals using Reporting Services and a user...
2010-10-11
4,394 reads
Time Saver – Presentation Preparation
Presenting is a huge fear for many and it is no different for me. I have been presenting at SQL...
2010-10-10
590 reads
Determine if Directory Exists using xp_cmdshell
Recently, I came across a forum post from a user trying to determine if a directory existed in the file...
2010-10-06
14,289 reads
Strange but True - Report Parameter Label Blank
Here is another one of those strange but true things that I come across every so often which I thought...
2010-10-06
3,573 reads
Converting Dates to Integers
While working on a project recently, I came across a conversion that was trying to convert a date to an...
2010-10-05
799 reads
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SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
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Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
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Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers