Reblog: October 12 to October 18
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2012-10-19
515 reads
StrateSQL
Indexing Book Winner
Back on October 3, I put up a post about a free indexing book. And specifically about Expert Performance Indexing for...
2012-10-17
572 reads
Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysfulltextcatalogs
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-10-17
628 reads
PASS 2012 Countdown – 3 Weeks To Go
Another week down and there are now 3-weeks until this year’s PASS Summit. Take a moment and register now if...
2012-10-17
1,743 reads
Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #2
Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading. Since they all come out...
2012-10-15
718 reads
Ask the Unicorn: How to become a DBA?
Every now and then I get a question in e-mail and I usually just reply and leave it at that. ...
2012-10-12
685 reads
Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysfiles
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-10-12
1,147 reads
Reblog: October 5 to October 11
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2012-10-12
488 reads
24 Hours of PASS Recordings Online
This just in… the 24 Hours of PASS sessions are in and available for streaming. If you missed an hour...
2012-10-11
1,029 reads
Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysfilegroups
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-10-11
771 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
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...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
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