Updated Overlapping Statistics Scripts
Last year I published a script for identifying automatically generated column statistics that overlapped index statistics. I've updated the script...
2011-04-05
1,697 reads
Kendal Van Dyke
Meme Monday
Replication: It's Not Really As Bad As SQLRockStar Says It Is
(Wondering what the heck this is supposed to be about?...
2011-04-04
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Announcing The Association For SQL Server
Recently there have been a number of PASS members who have become unhappy with the direction of the organization and...
2011-04-01
393 reads
Has Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Reached The End Of The Road?
I'm a big proponent of using Virtual Machines for development on your local machine. It just doesn't make sense to...
2011-03-15
611 reads
STS-134 Rollout
If you follow me on Twitter or talk to me in person you'll come to realize I'm a space enthusiast....
2011-03-15
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MagicPASS March 2011 Meeting Notice
If you're in the central Florida area you're invited to the March meeting of MagicPASS, South Orlando's SQL Server User...
2011-03-11
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I've Got A New Job
You've probably noticed I've been quiet on this blog lately, eeking out a post every other week on average. I've...
2011-02-24
1,523 reads
How Can I Help You Go To SQLRally?
I bet by now you've heard of SQLRally, be it from the blogosphere, Twitter, the PASS Connector bi-weekly emails, word...
2011-02-23
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MagicPASS February 2011 Meeting
If you're in the central Florida area you're invited to the February 2011 meeting of MagicPASS, South Orlando's SQL Server...
2011-02-15
535 reads
Presenting "Secrets Of SQL Server" Idera Webcast On Feb. 16
On Wednesday, Feb 16th, 3 PM Eastern I'm presenting a webcast for Idera's Secrets of SQL Server series. Presentation details...
2011-02-15
715 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers