Fun with a String
I recently had a friend contact me recently to ask for some help with TSQL. The basic issue is that he had 2 tables. Table 1 has numeric key...
2011-01-06
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Who Should Vote for PASS SQLRally Sessions
Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic) asked on Twitter if people who aren’t planning on attending PASS SQLRally should still vote for sessions...
2011-01-05
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Who Should Vote for PASS SQLRally Sessions
Adam Machanic (@AdamMachanic) asked on Twitter if people who aren’t planning on attending PASS SQLRally should still vote for sessions on the schedule. My answer is a resounding...
2011-01-05
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PASS SQLRally Update–Voting Pushed Back
In our original plan for PASS SQLRally we had set this week as the week to start voting for sessions. ...
2011-01-04
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PASS SQLRally Update–Voting Pushed Back
In our original plan for PASS SQLRally we had set this week as the week to start voting for sessions. Unfortunately we are having to push back the voting...
2011-01-04
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Looking Back at 2010
I was “inspired” to write this post after I read some comments on my last post, Reviewing My 2010 Goals,...
2011-01-03
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Looking Back at 2010
I was “inspired” to write this post after I read some comments on my last post, Reviewing My 2010 Goals, and I read Brent Ozar’s post, Goals? Where we’re...
2011-01-03
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Reviewing My 2010 Goals
You can go over my goals here. I’ve really hesitated to do this post because, in my opinion, I did...
2010-12-30
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Reviewing My 2010 Goals
You can go over my goals here. I’ve really hesitated to do this post because, in my opinion, I did so poorly. Here’s what I did: Community ...
2010-12-30
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PASS SQLRally Call For Speakers Update
Well, we have 3 days left in the PASS SQLRally Call for speakers and we are doing well. We have over...
2010-12-13
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Blogs
From SQL Saturday to Day of Data
By ReviewMyDB
A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday,...
PostgreSQL 18 Finally Makes BUFFERS the Default. Here Is Why That Matters
You run EXPLAIN ANALYZE on a slow query, stare at the plan, and something...
A New Word: La Guadière
By Steve Jones
la guadière – n. a glint of goodness you notice in something that you...
Forums
non ascii columns in a utf-8 .txt file
hi, we couldnt get our upstream data source developers to supply what is sometimes...
PolyBase Trace Flags
Are there any good articles on all the trace flags that are enabled on...
The Data Model Matters
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD I
I run the SQLCMD utility as follows:
lcmd -S localhost -EI then type this (the 1> is the prompt):
1> select @@version goIf I hit enter, what happens? See possible answers