I’m a Speaking Mentor!
I am so excited to announce that I have been accepted as a speaking mentor on SpeakingMentors.com!
I struggled for so...
2018-01-31
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Blog Posts
Speaking at SQLSaturday 725 in Victoria
Victoria is on an island off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia. The island is wisely called Vancouver Island. It...
2018-01-31
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SSMS Activity Monitor (Day 31)
SSMS provides an Activity Monitor, a process that displays various information about what all is going on with the instance....
2018-01-31
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Surround Code with Comments in SQL Prompt
I work for Redgate and write about products. I’ve got a series of SQL Prompt posts here on little things...
2018-01-31
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The difference between blogging about something you know, and something you are learning (Love blogging! Live!)
Close but you need to blog about learning while blogging about the difference of blogging when you are learning something...
2018-01-31
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The world of Automatic Tuning – SQL Server 2017
Times are changing, 10 years ago I would never have thought that self-tuning databases would be available as a packaged...
2018-01-31 (first published: 2018-01-22)
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Converting a Power BI Desktop File from Import to Live Query
A customer of mine is in the midst of a proof of concept using SQL Server and Power BI. During...
2018-01-30
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 87 – Funnel with Source MAQ Software)
In this module you will learn how to use the Funnel with Source Custom Visual by MAQ Software. The Funnel...
2018-01-30 (first published: 2018-01-24)
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Reports in SSMS (Day 30)
SSMS has a lot of reports available for you to use. Most of the reports in SSMS are off of...
2018-01-30
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sp_RestoreScript 1.2 is now available
sp_RestoreScript 1.2 is now available HERE and on GitHub
Changes include Service Broker options and the ability to restore a database in...
2018-01-30
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers