SQL Saturday #57 – Houston
SQL Saturday #57 was this weekend! Sean and I went, talked, webshow-ed, and then presented a total of SIX sessions!
Travel
Sean and...
2011-01-31
1,637 reads
Jen McCown
Un-SQL Friday #002 Roundup (finally)
The invitation for Un-SQL Friday #002 (Tech Giants) was, like, a week ago! I’ve gotta get this train a-rollin, or...
2011-01-28
958 reads
My Surprise MVP Party
Two Fridays ago, Sean and I sat down for our weekly DBAs@Midnight webshow* as usual. Unusually, we were expecting an out-of-town...
2011-01-24
579 reads
RTFM365, Week 7
[Commence whine-a-thon, thinly veiled as an introductory paragraph to a blog.]
As I knew it would, it is getting VERY difficult...
2011-01-24
487 reads
Blog Sins
Thoughts come together, and the hybridization of your thoughts give rise to new ideas. Here are the thoughts:
I have this...
2011-01-21
673 reads
Un-SQL Friday: Your Tech Giants
This started as just a regular blog…but it’s sparked such a big conversation online, I’ve decided to make it an...
2011-01-19
1,079 reads
Who do you want to see at SQLRally and 24HOP?
I dig democracy: I like all this voting for SQL sessions at events.
Voting is open this week, Jan17 – 23, for...
2011-01-19
615 reads
RTFM365, Week 6
Just a quick note this week….things are quite crazy right now, and I’m struggling to keep reading on my days...
2011-01-18
434 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #014 Roundup
Wow…the inagural 2011 T-SQL Tuesday was so big, it lasted a week! A few quick observations, then on to the...
2011-01-18
1,270 reads
T-SQL Tuesday: Resolutions
In my invitation to T-SQL Tuesday #014, I picked the topic “Resolutions”, clearly to play on the new year. The...
2011-01-11
750 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future
By DesertDBA
I haven’t posted in a while (well, not here at least since I’ve been...
Keeping MS Docs Up to Date
By Steve Jones
One of the things that I like about the SQL Server docs (MS Learn...
Patch Tuesday – Where to get more information
By Brian Kelley
For a number of years I have subscribed to Randy Franklin Smith's Patch Tuesday...
Forums
Change Tracking – Troubleshooting
I have change tracking configured in several databases, in QA and production environments, and...
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to the 1st 21 rows?
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to...
Pivot but preserve all rows on Aggregate column
Hello Need help in pivoting this data set, the Pivot takes MIN/MAX on a...
Question of the Day
What is the PRODUCT
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
CREATE TABLE Numbers ( n INT) GO INSERT dbo.Numbers ( n ) VALUES (1), (2), (3) GO SELECT PRODUCT(n) FROM dbo.NumbersSee possible answers