Leadership Training Possibility
I know a few people in the SQL Server community who have been involved in Scouting. A couple of them...
2015-06-30
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Blog Posts
Some simple examples of querying xml with sql
XML is a beast if you've never tackled it. Here are some simple examples of what I discovered as I...
2015-06-30 (first published: 2015-06-24)
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Which user function do I use?
Earlier this week I was scripting out a table with some legacy columns (InsertDate and InsertBy for example). If you...
2015-06-30 (first published: 2015-06-24)
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I’m on WOxPod! Podcast
A few weeks ago, while at SQL Saturday Philadelphia, Chris Bell, SQL Server MVP and co-leader of PASS DC user group graciously...
2015-06-29
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I’m Speaking at PASS Summit 2015
It’s this time of the year again, when PASS announces the speakers in the biggest SQL Server event in the...
2015-06-29
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My first SQL 2016 bug
A little while back SQL Server 2016 CTP2 was announced and I have spent some time playing with it (read: spent...
2015-06-29
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Sneak Preview – Podcast 010 - WaterOx Consulting
Reading Time: 1 minutesLet’s Play A Game! So, just to tickle your fancy, here is...
The post Sneak Preview – Podcast 010...
2015-06-29
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SQL Server 2016 CTP 2.1 has been released
Microsoft is all about rapid release cycles nowadays. We already experienced this with Power BI, where monthly new features and...
2015-06-29
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SQL Server Infernals – Circle 2: Generalizers
Object-Oriented programming taught us that generalizing is a good thing and, whenever possible, we should do it. Complex class hierarchies...
2015-06-29 (first published: 2015-06-24)
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SQL Server Radio – Virtualization and Independent Consulting
I recently recorded a podcast with the SQL Server Radio group and discussed virtualization, high availability, and independent consulting topics. I...
2015-06-29
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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