Virtualization resource consumption counters lie to you
OK, so maybe they do not lie to you, but I got your attention. In virtualized environments, the performance statistics...
2014-02-06 (first published: 2014-01-28)
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Blog Posts
Your top 10 favorite Excel posts of 2013
The most popular Excel blog posts of 2013 reflect your interest in the new capabilities we’ve added to Excel this...
2014-02-06
348 reads
Automate T-SQL Merge For Loading Dimensions
If you’re a data warehouse developer, chances are you use T-SQL Merge statement to process slowly changing dimensions. If you’ve...
2014-02-05
1,337 reads
Free data & statistics, data collection, analysis, visualization and sharing – knoema.com
Knoema is a knowledge platform. The basic idea is to connect data with analytical and presentation tools. As a result,...
2014-02-05
557 reads
Just use Version Control
There are free systems out there. If you have no budget, and want to get started, download one of these:
Subversion:...
2014-02-05 (first published: 2014-01-28)
2,944 reads
Master Data Services for the Beginner Part 03
Introduction
In yesterday’s discussion we looked at creating entities and their related attributes. We learnt that a ‘model’ could be very...
2014-02-05 (first published: 2014-01-28)
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New Data Science – What’s Next?
While every organization is different, their “big data” is often very similar. It typically comprises massive amounts of data across...
2014-02-05
408 reads
Powershell – Extract Versions for SQL Features
Over the last few months I’ve been directed to ensure that all of our SQL Servers in the Development and...
2014-02-05
1,531 reads
Presenting at Code Camp Orlando
I’ll be at Code Camp Orlando on March 22, 2014 doing a presentation on storing credit cards in SQL Server...
2014-02-05
630 reads
Presenting at SQLSaturday Tampa
The schedule just went up, I’ll be presenting PCI for the SQL DBA this year. Looking forward to visiting Tampa...
2014-02-05
500 reads
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
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A Fun Computer Quote
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