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 Mirroring send logs to mirror from principle. We need...
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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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
SQL Server Security: Always Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
As discussed introduction of Always Encryption blog and initial Encryption at rest as TDE...
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 ...
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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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