SQL Bits – Europe’s largest SQL Conference
4th 7th March
ExCeL Centre in London, England
SQLBits have announced their dates for 2015.
I have been three times and...
2014-12-12
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Win a Free Copy of my Book - Getting Started with SQL Server 2014 Administration
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At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write some articles on...
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Central Management Studio CMS
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At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write some...
2014-04-28 (first published: 2014-04-21)
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From where does SSMS get its database defaults?
We can create a database simply by typing in the command createdatabase DB1
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2014-04-25 (first published: 2014-04-16)
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SSMS Queries on Function Keys
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SQL Server Training – Spring 2014
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SSMS Auto Recovery
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At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write...
2014-04-17
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Missing Database Owner
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At my presentation on SQL Server Management Studio at SQL Saturday in Exeter I promised to write some...
2014-04-14
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The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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