The Failed Job
I was looking into a failed job on a SQL Server 2008R2 instance. My first step was to check the...
2013-11-15 (first published: 2013-11-07)
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Wayne Sheffield
- Website: http://www.waynesheffield.com
T-SQL Tuesday #48 – My take on the cloud
So here it is, the second Tuesday of the month. This means that it is time for our favorite Tuesday...
2013-11-13
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Murder They Wrote
For those of you that know me, you know that I enjoy learning, and passing on what I have learned...
2013-11-06
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Retiring of the MCM Certifications, Part II
Image acquired from Twitter
In my recent blog post on “Retiring of the MCM Certifications”, there is a link to a...
2013-09-03
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Retiring of the MCM Certifications
The MCM is dead. Long live the MCM.
The small, exclusive club of SQL Server Microsoft Certified Masters is going to...
2013-08-31
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It’s the small things that count
Sometimes it’s the small things that count.
I just noticed two small enhancements to SQL Server 2014's BOL, and I can...
2013-08-14
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2013-07-22 (first published: 2009-04-30)
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T-SQL Tuesday #43 – Plan Operators
This month’s TSQL-Tuesday is hosted by Rob Farley (blog | twitter), who became a Microsoft Certified Master this past December (congrats!)....
2013-06-14 (first published: 2013-06-11)
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Loading XML Data into SQL Server (SQL Spackle)
Learn how to load data in an XML file into a table in SQL Server.
2013-05-31 (first published: 2011-01-03)
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Getting the lowdown on 18456 errors
If you can establish a connection to a SQL Server, but are having problems logging in to it, you will...
2013-04-30 (first published: 2013-04-18)
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Blogs
KDA: Echoes of Deception - Case 7
By Zikato
A fugitive cyber-criminal, a wingsuit, and 24 million flight records. Somewhere between Doha and...
Do This Before You Contact Your SQL Server Consultant
Say you need outside help. You’ve exhausted all the things that you could do...
Microsoft MVP 2026: Ten Years on the Data Platform
I’m honored to announce that I’ve been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the...
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BIT_COUNT() III
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