Display All SQL DateTime Conversions
If you want a quick way to determine which format, or style, to specify when converting a datetime value in...
2014-07-18
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Blog Posts
Display All SQL DateTime Conversions
If you want a quick way to determine which format, or style, to specify when converting a datetime value in SQL to a character data type, you can use...
2014-07-18
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Friday Followup For July 18, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-07-18
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Reblog: July 11 to July 17
Photo credit – Mike Lynch
A good cure to a creepy doll is a good old post that is still useful. In...
2014-07-18
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SQL Speakers–Will You Accept The Chapter Challenge?
Most SQLSaturday’s do ok when it comes to finding speakers, the results of an incredible speaker mailing list and a...
2014-07-18 (first published: 2014-07-16)
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SQLSaturday Orlando–A Message From Last Year Revisited
I was doing some work on the marketing for SQLSaturday Orlando and looked back at the messages we sent last...
2014-07-18
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SSC Editorial: What Is the Hardest Feature to Learn About SQL Server?
I wrote What Is the Hardest Feature to Learn About SQL Server? not really knowing what answer to expect. So...
2014-07-18
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Execution Plan Details
I wouldn’t say it’s common knowledge that you should look at execution plans when tuning queries, but it’s not exactly...
2014-07-17 (first published: 2014-07-15)
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Goodbye Microsoft, Hello New Adventure
About two months ago, after 2.5 years, I left Microsoft.
Microsoft is an amazing place to work for. It’s conformable, balanced,...
2014-07-17
557 reads
Goodbye Microsoft, Hello New Adventure
About two months ago, after two and a half years, I left Microsoft.
Microsoft is an amazing place to work for. It’s...
2014-07-17
477 reads
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...
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
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...
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