Speaker of the Month: October 2015
Working on my third year of “Speaker of the Month” posts now. The good news, I haven’t run out of...
2015-10-02
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Blog Posts
Standing Desk Update
It’s been a long time since I wrote about my workspace, however I made a change recently. This was the...
2015-10-02
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Standing Desk Update
It’s been a long time since I wrote about my workspace, however I made a change recently. This was the...
2015-10-02
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Step by Step SSIS–Aggregate Transformation TIP #118
Dear Friends,
In the series of step by step SSIS tutorial this is another post. In this post we will see...
2015-10-02
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Use SCOPE_IDENTITY()–SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2015-10-02 (first published: 2015-09-24)
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I’m Speaking! SQL Saturday #444 – Kansas City
This weekend I’ll be traveling to Kansas City, Missouri for their annual SQL Saturday. Normally, I would just drive to this...
2015-10-01
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New Whitepaper: Deciding Between Merge and Peer-to-Peer Replication
Replication is still a major component of SQL Server today even with Availability Groups as an alternative to certain scenarios....
2015-10-01
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October speaking schedule: Two Saturdays and a Summit
October is going to be a very busy month for me! Three conferences and a pre-con are on the agenda.
This...
2015-10-01
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Power Bi, PowerShell and SQL Agent Jobs
Continuing my series on using Power Bi with my DBA Database I am going to show in this post how...
2015-10-01 (first published: 2015-09-28)
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Session Target Metadata
In the case of the final core component, Targets, the exploration into the metadata can be a little awkward. At least at first. Read on to see how to...
2015-10-01
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Blogs
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...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
Forums
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...
Designing SQL Server Pipelines That Are Ready for AI Before You Actually Need AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Designing SQL Server Pipelines That...
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