SQLSaturday #40 – South Florida Recap
I had the great privilege to be able to attend and speak at SQLSaturday #40 – South Florida this past weekend...
2010-08-02
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Jack Corbett
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Personal or Professional Ethics
Steve Jones had an interesting blog post the other day, Do as I Say, Not as I Do, and I...
2010-07-30
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Interviewed by Andy Leonard
Andy Leonard is posting interviews of all the candidates PASS Board of Directors on his blog and mine is up...
2010-07-28
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #40 – South Florida
I finally get to head down to Miramar to speak at SQLSaturday #40 – South Florida. I really wanted to go...
2010-07-27
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How I Prepared to Run for the PASS Board
The Boy Scouts have “Be Prepared” as their motto and, while I was never a scout, I think it’s always...
2010-07-23
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July OPASS Meeting Wrap up
Last Tuesday, July 13th, we had our monthly OPASS meeting. The meeting was sponsored by RedGate who were kind enough...
2010-07-20
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I’m All In – Running for the PASS Board
Yes, I’m going to run for the PASS Board of Directors. I have my application and will be sending it out...
2010-07-19
537 reads
ANSI PADDING, Trailing Whitespace, and Variable Character Columns
What does ANSI_PADDING mean and how does it affect my SQL Server database?
2010-07-17 (first published: 2008-09-12)
25,378 reads
Article Featured on SQLServerCentral
My article, ANSI Padding, Trailing Whitespace, and Variable Length Character Columns, is featured in today’s SQLServerCentral newsletter. Check it out!...
2010-07-16
359 reads
July OPASS Meeting
OPASS will be holding it’s July meeting this evening from 6pm – 8:30pm at 225 S. Westmonte Drive, Altamonte Springs, FL. ...
2010-07-13
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
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on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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