SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 CU5
On July 15, Microsoft released SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Cumulative Update 5. This is Build 11.0.3373, and I...
2013-07-23
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Glenn Berry
OT: Kicked Out of a Motel for Charging at 12 Amps
This is a pretty long story…
My wife and I had an interesting road trip to Salida, CO this past weekend,...
2013-07-16
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SQL Server Diagnostic Information Queries for July 2013
I have gone through and made some minor updates and bug fixes for all of my SQL Server Diagnostic Information...
2013-07-09
1,146 reads
SQL Server 2008 R2 Cumulative Updates Released
Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008 R2. One is for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service...
2013-06-17
1,630 reads
Speaking in Denver and Boulder in June
I will be speaking at the Boulder SQL Server User’s Group on June 18, 2013 and at the Denver SQL...
2013-06-06
945 reads
New Immersion Event Classes at SQLskills
There are three new upcoming Immersion Event classes from SQLskills, including one that I will be teaching, which is the...
2013-05-28
836 reads
Tesla Time
I now have a red, P85 Tesla Model S. I picked it up at the Denver Tesla Service Center on...
2013-05-14
1,312 reads
SQL Server 2005 Diagnostic Information Queries (May 2013)
Here is the May 2013 version of my SQL Server 2005 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2013-05-08
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SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries (May 2013)
Here is the May 2013 version of my SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements...
2013-05-08
700 reads
SQL Server 2008 R2 Diagnostic Information Queries (May 2013)
Here is the May 2013 version of my SQL Server 2008 R2 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and...
2013-05-07
745 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
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
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...
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