Error while loading Excel data into database
Issue: I am trying to load data from Excel 97 – 2003 sheet into a database table. I have written a...
2017-02-28 (first published: 2017-02-21)
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Blog Posts
How Do I Add an R Package to SQL Server from In-Database R?
Hello Dear Reader! I'm working on some really fun stuff with in-database R using SQL Server 2016.
I needed to...
2017-02-28
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How Do I Add an R Package to SQL Server from In-Database R?
Hello Dear Reader! I'm working on some really fun stuff with in-database R using SQL Server 2016. I needed to add a couple packages to my R engine so...
2017-02-28
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Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics – An API Calling Application
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog]
Just last week we had the fantastic opportunity to present at Microsoft Ignite 2017 in...
2017-02-27 (first published: 2017-02-22)
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Database cloning – CLONEDATABASE
Database cloning is a new feature supported in SQL Server. Only SQL Server 2014 SP2 and SQL Server 2016 SP1...
2017-02-27
707 reads
Database cloning – CLONEDATABASE
Database cloning is a new feature supported in SQL Server. Only SQL Server 2014 SP2 and SQL Server 2016 SP1 support cloning. The command syntax is very simple [crayon-5e81b52ed8fb5359335187/]...
2017-02-27
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Database cloning – CLONEDATABASE
Database cloning is a new feature supported in SQL Server. Only SQL Server 2014 SP2 and SQL Server 2016 SP1 support cloning. The command syntax is very simple [crayon-5e96566157e7c824875345/]...
2017-02-27
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Digital Privacy is the Wild West
Who has the legal right to access your personal and private digital assets? The answer can be complex, and will...
2017-02-27 (first published: 2017-02-23)
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Installing Windows Server 2016 Nano on a Physical Server
Hey guys! So here's my adventure in deploying Windows Server 2016 Nano on a physical server. It was a hard...
2017-02-27
864 reads
Monday Coffee 2017-02-27
Ergh, not a fun weekend rugby wise. But anyway…
Last week Microsoft released an image for SQL Server 2016 SP1 Developer...
2017-02-27
589 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
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
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...
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