20 Twitter Accounts to Follow For the 2014 Winter Olympics
Wondering how to stay informed and entertained during the 2014 Winter Olympics? Here are 20 Twitter accounts to get you...
2014-02-04
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Blog Posts
Basic RegEx in SSMS
Have you ever had that moment where you have gone "Geez.. I wish I'd learnt this stuff ages ago" after...
2014-02-04 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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Forcing a contractor to go W2
I have had a few questions like this: “I was wondering if there is a reason the vendor/broker/head hunter forces...
2014-02-04
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How a High School Teacher Is ‘Gamifying’ World News
A new game called Fantasy Geopolitics (think Fantasy Football meets Model United Nations) is radically changing the way high school...
2014-02-04
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How Big Data Changed Finance at Microsoft
Finance leaders today are faced with an interesting challenge. How can they consume and analyze the millions of rows of...
2014-02-04
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Inside the Statistics Histogram & Density Vector
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan, where you are getting week by week via email...
2014-02-04 (first published: 2014-01-28)
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Performance Tuning Pre-con and More at SQLSaturday 277 RVA
Join me for 2 days of fun and education at SQL Saturday #277 in Richmond, VA on March 21 and...
2014-02-04
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PowerShell – SQL Inventory – Automatic – Excel File – EMAIL
Inventory is a vital information,whether you’re a consultant or an in-house DBA, you need to have a reliable inventory of...
2014-02-04
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SQL Saturday #273 Tampa
The year of SQL Saturdays!
Tampa is the second SQL Saturday that I’ll be speaking at this year. For the...
2014-02-04
517 reads
SQL Saturday #273 Tampa
The year of SQL Saturdays!
Tampa is the second SQL Saturday that I’ll be speaking at this year. For the...
2014-02-04
221 reads
Blogs
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...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
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...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
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