RTFM365 Week 0
For the next year, I will read from SQL Server Books Online a little every day, and blog about it weekly. ...
2010-12-03
712 reads
Jen McCown
All Things Awesome and MidnightDBA-y – 12/2/2010
I’ve got to figure out a good way to present a regular summary of what we do every week. Until...
2010-12-02
646 reads
RTFM365
Physicians have primum non nocere – a Latin phrase that means “First, do no harm”. (Thank you, WikiPedia.) I think for...
2010-12-01
591 reads
Holiday Review: Stuff I
For the last two years, I’ve participated in Sean’s InfoWorld Xmas Wish List, where we review a bunch of cool...
2010-11-24
571 reads
Roundup: Un-SQL #001 – Branding
Hi-ho all, and a wonderful Un-SQL event it’s been! We had at least twenty-six entries!! First, the recap:
While T-SQL Tuesday...
2010-11-23
791 reads
Branding, my ass! (Un-SQL Friday 001)
Here is my contribution to my blog party, Un-SQL Friday 001: Branding. Join in the fun, won’t you?
I have a...
2010-11-19
1,002 reads
What’s New in SQL Server “Denali” CTP1
Denali. No, not that one...
How many of you have heard that the Community Technology Preview (CTP1) for the next version...
2010-11-18
733 reads
Un-SQL Friday 001: Branding
In the spirit of T-SQL Tuesday, I hereby declare this Friday Un-SQL Friday. While T-SQL Tuesday is “…the SQL Server...
2010-11-17
605 reads
Inspiration, and the Joy of the Hive Mind
PASS Summit 2010 is over, and we are suffering from the lack of chatter and SQL celebrity sightings. Bloggers are...
2010-11-15
583 reads
PASS Day 3: Keynote Live Blog
I’m live blogging the PASS keynote…it’s 8:44 local time.
Me: Tuesday is #SQLSat shirt day, Wednesday is #sqlkilt day, Thursday is...
2010-11-11
671 reads
Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Forums
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers