SQLskills Immersion Event on Internals and Performance – Day 1
Sonny Bryans Smokehouse Bbq would make an interesting classroom
Today was the first day of my first SQLskills event. The event...
2011-02-22
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PowerPointShell
I wanted to add a neat demo to my .NET Powers Activate! Form of PowerShell! presentation that would really demonstrate...
2011-02-18
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Presenting for the PASS PowerShell Virtual Chapter
On Wednesday, February 16 at 2:00pm CST I’ll be presenting “.NET Powers Activate! Form of PowerShell!” to the PASS PowerShell...
2011-02-14
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SQL Saturday #57 Slides, Code & Video
This past weekend I spoke at SQL Saturday #57 in Houston, TX.
I want to thank the local PASS chapter HASSUG,...
2011-01-30
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A Half-Price Seat at the Masters’ Table
Well, it looks like I half-won the SQLskills competition for a free seat at a SQLskills Master Immersion Event on...
2011-01-27
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Blogs
The CDO’s Playbook for AI Driven Decision Making
By Chris Yates
The New Arena of Leadership The role of the Chief Data Officer is no...
sp_snapshot – The easy way to take database snapshots of one or more databases – V3.0
Presenting you with an updated version of our sp_snapshot procedure, allowing you to easily...
SELECT *
SELECT * feels convenient, but in SQL Server it bloats I/O, burns network bandwidth,...
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Extract sql data in psh
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caught off guard by some greek lettering in a warehouse feed
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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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