New HP Envy 15 Laptop
After quite a bit of research, I pulled the trigger on a new HP Envy 15 system last Saturday. This...
2009-11-12
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Glenn Berry
Windows Virtual PC and Windows XP Mode on Windows 7
One feature of Windows 7 that you may not have heard of is Windows XP Mode on Windows Virtual PC....
2009-11-12
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SQL Server 2005 Diagnostic Information Queries
Here is an updated version of my diagnostic information queries for SQL Server 2005. You can get the SQL Server...
2009-11-09
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2009-11-09
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SQL Server Wait Type Repository
Microsoft’s Bob Ward has a good post up on the CSS SQL Server Engineers blog about an upcoming web page...
2009-11-08
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Worldwide Operating System Market Share for October 2009
Ars Technica has a good post up showing that Windows 7, (which has been out for two weeks) has already...
2009-11-07
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New Pricing and Editions For SQL Server 2008 R2
Mary-Jo Foley recently posted about some announcements about SQL Server 2008 R2 out of the PASS Summit. There will be...
2009-11-05
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Running on “Big Iron”
During the opening keynote on Tuesday at the PASS Summit in Seattle, Microsoft’s Bob Muglia showed a demonstration of a...
2009-11-05
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Day 1 At SQL PASS in Seattle
Today was my big, somewhat stressful day at the PASS summit in Seattle. I gave two, 75-minute Community session presentations,...
2009-11-04
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SQL Server 2008 Diagnostic Information Queries
Here is the script that I used in my Dr. DMV presentation this afternoon at PASS. It is a set...
2009-11-04
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
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