How to install standalone SQL Server 2012 instance ?
Steps to install standalone SQL Server 2012 instance 1) Start the setup > Go to Installation from Left > Click on 1st option of New SQL Server standalone edition...
2015-01-22
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Blog Posts
Looking Out for Others Helps You Lead
I'm sitting on a plane. I'm in an exit row, still a big guy in a little seat. I go...
2015-01-22
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Pagination in SQL Server
It amazes me how much easier certain tasks have gotten in SQL Server. I was watching the Nov 2014 SQL...
2015-01-22 (first published: 2015-01-15)
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SQL #57–A one-liner query with PARTITION BY
What can be done in SAS must be possible in SQL
A friend of mine is a data professional in marketing data...
2015-01-22 (first published: 2015-01-17)
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SQLPort’s new image
After almost 5 years of existence, SQLPort (Portuguese PASS Chapter in Lisbon) is kicking of 2015 with a renewed image...
2015-01-22
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Virtual Reality (VR) Meet My #sqlfamily
Virtual Reality? And SQL Server?
“… and never the twain shall meet” bit.ly/1yhgLHS
Or should they?
The time has come for data professionals...
2015-01-22
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Advanced SSIS Training in Dallas
I’m very excited to offer a new course entitled “Advanced SSIS” in the Dallas area this spring. My friend and...
2015-01-21
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Constraint names, Say NO to the default
Have you ever seen a constraint with a name like PK__TableNam__EA185FBF8FF1529D? It’s kind of funny looking right? I mean it...
2015-01-21
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Space issues with SSIS temp files
The page came at a reasonable hour. All of the overnight ETL and processing jobs were just winding up before...
2015-01-21 (first published: 2015-01-15)
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Statistics Parsing
Never really enjoyed reading through the statistics IO results, as it makes it hard to easily guage total impact when...
2015-01-21
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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