Generalists vs. Specialists
I’ve stated quite often that being a generalist has generally been beneficial for my IT career (pun intended). That’s why...
2014-11-13 (first published: 2014-11-06)
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Blog Posts
Just an idea: Bare Bones SQL
I’m reading Andy Warren’s excellent essay “Thoughts on raising funds and spending funds for PASS chapters”, and it’s bringing together...
2014-11-13
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MDX #44–How to find all the calculated measures
Calculated measures are visually identifiable
If you have access to a cube, it’s quite easy to find all the calculated measures.
The...
2014-11-13
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Outlier Detection with SQL Server, part 2.2: Modified Z-Scores
By Steve Bolton
…………There are apparently many subtle variations on Z-Scores, a ubiquitous measure that is practically a cornerstone in the...
2014-11-13
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PASS Summit 2014 Speaker Idol
For the first time ever at the PASS Summit, a competition was held to select a speaker for the 2015...
2014-11-13
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Power Testing ETL with Power BI – Creating the Tests with Power Pivot
This is the second deep dive into Power Testing ETL with Power BI. At this point, we have created the...
2014-11-13
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Script to Monitor SQL Server Database Mirroring Status
SQL Server Database Mirroring is fantastic HA solution developed by Microsoft. Microsoft lunch database mirroring with SQL Server 2005. Database...
2014-11-13
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Script to Monitor SQL Server Database Mirroring Status
SQL Server Database Mirroring is fantastic HA solution developed by Microsoft. Microsoft lunch database mirroring with SQL Server 2005. Database Mirroring send logs to mirror from principle. We need...
2014-11-13
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Thoughts On Raising Funds and Spending Funds for PASS Chapters
Based on limited but practical experience I believe chapters typically work hardest to find speakers and sponsors, the latter being...
2014-11-13
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We’re at War – Cyberwar
In case you’ve not been following the news with regards to *government* breaches:
White House computers hacked – Russia suspectedUS Postal Service...
2014-11-13
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Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Forums
SSMS 22 Latest Update Crashing
Hi all, I've just had to roll back my SSMS 22 version from 22.3.0,...
Transactional Replication setup issue
Hi! I've been banging my head against the wall for 2 days now trying...
The Power of Data and Privacy
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Power of Data and...
Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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