Time for a change in career
A few months back I made the decision to leave the relative comfort and security of my permanent role and...
2014-07-09
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Blog Posts
T-SQL Tuesday #56 – Assumptions
Question: “What time is it?”
Answer: “T-SQL Tuesday time”
Question: “What time?”
Answer: “T-SQL Tuesday time”
“I can’t hear you?!?!?!”
That’s right; it’s that time...
2014-07-09
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Will you be attending Mile High Tech Con?
Technical conferences have always been a great venue for networking and increasing my knowledge base. Mile High Tech Con will...
2014-07-09
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Columnstore Table Analyzer
As I’ve discussed in some of my previous posts, there are quite a few data types that cannot be part...
2014-07-08
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How to Generate a Fiddler SAZ File
Fiddler is a free program that will log HTTP and HTTPS requests on Windows. These instructions demonstrate how to use...
2014-07-08
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Is your Team Willing to Take Control?
The calendar tells us that once again we have reached the second tuesday of the month. In the SQL Community,...
2014-07-08
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Is your Team Willing to Take Control?
The calendar tells us that once again we have reached the second tuesday of the month. In the SQL Community, this means a little party as many of you...
2014-07-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #56: Assumptions
Well, here it is again. The second Tuesday of the month, which means that it’s T-SQL Tuesday. This month, Dev...
2014-07-08
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T-SQL Tuesday #56: Assumptions
I assume that since it’s the second Tuesday of the month that it’s time for T-SQL Tuesday. And you can...
2014-07-08
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Upcoming Free PASS VC Webcasts
Here is a list of upcoming webcast presented by various PASS Virtual Chapters that are always free. Some are recorded...
2014-07-08
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Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
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...
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how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
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...
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String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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