Promised Links from SQL Saturday 119 Presentations
If you attended one of the sessions I promised to post the links we discussed here. I have done my...
2012-05-19
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SQL University Troubleshooting Week: Having a Plan for Every Situation
Today’s SQL University post will highlight the need to have a methodology to address issues that we as IT professionals...
2011-05-27
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SQL University Troubleshooting Week: Keeping an Open Mind
Office politics during a major event can be dangerous. It pays to be seen as contributing to solving the problem...
2011-05-26
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SQL University Troubleshooting Week: Communication
It should come as no surprise that the first topic I am covering this week is communication because the first...
2011-05-24
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SQL University Troubleshooting Week Syllabus
Welcome to SQL University Troubleshooting Week. For anyone unfamiliar with SQL University, it is a project created by Jorge Segarra...
2011-05-23
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SQL University Troubleshooting Week: Syllabus
Welcome to SQL University Troubleshooting Week. For anyone unfamiliar with SQL University, it is a project created by Jorge Segarra...
2011-05-23
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SQL Saturday 67 Slides Are Now Available
I recently debuted a new presentation, “What To Do When It All Goes So Wrong”. The presentation is designed to...
2011-04-20
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Looking Up Email Addresses with PowerShell
A week or so ago Aaron Nelson (Blog|Twitter) put out a call for help on Twitter looking for anyone that...
2011-01-20
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Making It Right
Last week Jonathan Kehayias (Blog|Twitter) used his blog to publicly call out Thomas LaRock (Blog|Twitter). I am not going to...
2011-01-11
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Would You Like To Play A Game?
Do you have a favorite line from a holiday movie? Can you change it around slightly to make it SQL...
2010-12-20
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Blogs
AI Model Size, Parameters and Download
By Steve Jones
At SQL Saturday Boston 2025, I gave a presentation on local LLMs and there...
Expanding Your DBA Horizons: Installing PostgreSQL in a Home Lab
By gbargsley
Are you diversifying your DBA skillset? My recent job search made one thing clear:...
Back in the EU
By Steve Jones
I flew to Amsterdam last night and hopefully by the time this publishes I’ll...
Forums
caught off guard by some greek lettering in a warehouse feed
Hi we run 2019 standard. Our warehouse's ssis based etl is klunky but so...
Unlocking High-Concurrency Inserts in SQL Server with OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY
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Vector Datatype
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Question of the Day
Vector Datatype
The new Vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 is a binary type that has a few parameters. What parameters are required?
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