My SQL PASS Summit Adventures part 1
I started my PASS Summit a little early this year. I arrived in Seattle on Friday night, November 5th, around...
2010-11-16
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Patrick LeBlanc
Join the SQL Lunch on Tuesday
What a long week at PASS (stay tuned for more details about my trip). Now that it's over back to...
2010-11-14
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A Couple of SQL Lunches this Week
I want to apologize for posting this so late, but there is a SQL Lunch today and one tomorrow. Hope...
2010-11-03
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Vote for Our SQL Rally PreCon
VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE VOTE!!!!!!!!!!
Vote here: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22BD59JCQBT
Honestly, I want each of reading my blog to vote for our...
2010-11-01
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1st Houston Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group
Tyler Chessman of Microsoft has started a Business Intelligence Users Group in Houston. The group will meet online and onsite quarterly. ...
2010-10-19
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MDX Puzzles (New Author)
Well I am sure most of you noticed that I haven't posted an MDX puzzle in some time. After much...
2010-10-19
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SQL Lunch #40 - Mirroring: The Bear Necessities
I am excited to announce a new speaker to the SQL Lunch, Ryan Adams. Ryan will be discussing Database Mirroring...
2010-10-18
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #49 Orlando, Florida
After making the trip last weekend to Houston for Houston Techfest with the kids I am off again, but this...
2010-10-14
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Speaking at South Florida SQL Server User Group
I will be speaking at the South Florida SQL Server User Group on October 13 via Live Meeting. My topic...
2010-10-12
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Why do I contribute to the SQL Server Community?
As an active speaker and volunteer in the SQL Server community I am often asked why do I do it? ...
2010-10-12
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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