Time for a Quick Rant
This is an actual quote from what we can only assume is a functional human being:
The database is very big...
2014-01-20
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday Nashville Wrapup
What a terrific week! I’m have a great start to 2014! Yesterday and today I had the opportunity to present...
2014-01-19
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Gathering Business Intelligence Requirements
Questions to Ask when Gathering Business Intelligence Requirements
When starting any project requirements are the key to being successful. Business intelligence...
2014-01-18
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DBA: Guardian of the Data
I was asked recently by Idera to take a look at the things that could cost a DBA their job....
2014-01-17
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Friday Followup For January 17, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-01-17
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One More Minute
Ever say “one more minute” while working on something and then realize 30 minutes have gone by? My daughter has...
2014-01-17
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Reblog: January 10 to January 16
Photo credit – Jenn and Tony Bot
Sometimes old stuff is just as cool as new stuff. Over the past few years,...
2014-01-17
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Schedule Time To Review Your Passwords & Using a Password Manager
I use a password manager and it currently has more than 150 accounts in it, ranging from my checking account...
2014-01-17 (first published: 2014-01-10)
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SSAS – Using the Euro or Pound currency Symbol in a measure Format String
If you have a set of measures and some of them are US dollars, some are Euros, and some are...
2014-01-17 (first published: 2014-01-13)
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[SQL Snacks Video] Introducing SQL Snacks! A healthy alternative to boring learning!
To snack lovers every where now you can consume SQL Learning the same way, in Snack Size! Introducing the new...
2014-01-16
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Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
Forums
query to track time spent on individual tasks in SSIS
Hi everyone I am looking at building a query to determine how much time...
SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
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Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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