Drawn By the BI Sirens
Patrick Is the lead Singer
Sirens. Their sweet songs lured sailors to their deaths in tales of yore. Alas, I too...
2010-10-04
678 reads
sqlchicken
Pirates of PASS: Curse of the Elections Process
Pirate Code: They're more like guidelines really...
The last few weeks we’ve watched the drama unfold in regards to the PASS...
2010-09-02
1,298 reads
Changing of the Guard
A few weeks ago Andy Leonard (Blog | Twitter) announced that he was stepping down from his position as PASS Regional...
2010-08-25
375 reads
PASS Elections Portal
I think the shirt says it all
If you’ve been under a rock the last few weeks you may not know...
2010-08-25
520 reads
Join Me For Lunch?
Just a quick note that today at 12:30 EST (11:30 CST) I’ll be presenting on Policy-Based Management for SQLLunch. If...
2010-08-17
419 reads
SQLCruise: I’m No Longer On a Boat…So I’m Sad
Pirate Cat can haz ur Swag?
Well it’s the first Monday back since this amazing trip and some folks have wasted...
2010-08-09
648 reads
Sharing Remote Desktop Sessions
I work for a very large company where divisions are spread out literally all over the world. There are many...
2010-07-28
893 reads
Presenting at SQLSaturday #40 – South Florida
I'M ON A BOAT!
This is just a quick note to say that I’ll be in South Florida this weekend presenting...
2010-07-27
413 reads
Tour de Career: Team Roles
In cycling each team is made up of nine riders. Each rider on a team can have a different specialization....
2010-07-26
657 reads
Tour de Career: Prologue
Tour de Career
It’s July and for some that means baseball and bar-b-ques. For me it means my birthday and Tour...
2010-07-16
633 reads
Blogs
Can I Change a Primary Key Value? #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I heard someone say recently that you can’t change a primary key value in...
SQL Server Index Primer
By Kevin3NF
Indexes 101: What, Why, and When? “What Is an Index?” I get this question...
Secure Azure SQL Server Backups Using Managed Identities
By Arun Sirpal
I do believe most people know about the ability to backup your SQL server...
Forums
Update particular record in a table
I need to update greatherthan8 (category) record to Missing (status) if the same member...
Internationalisation
Quick one I hope in case I'm heading off in entirely the wrong direction!...
Size of DB on physical disk doesn't match Disk Usage by Table report
Hi everyone I am looking at the size of my db on disk (ie...
Question of the Day
Getting the TEXTSIZE
How can I check what value I used for TEXTSIZE? I ran this code:
SET TEXTSIZE 8096But then deleted the code and couldn't remember. Is there a way to check this? See possible answers