To DBA or Not to DBA…
In my day to day operations I have the opportunity to work with people in various capacities in regards to...
2013-10-31
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Blog Posts
To DBA or Not to DBA…
In my day to day operations I have the opportunity to work with people in various capacities in regards to data. Sometimes it is in the capacity of a...
2013-10-31
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First take on PowerPivot
What is PowerPivot for Excel? PowerPivot brings the power of Data Modelling into your PC. Traditionally, the DataWarehouse is built...
2013-10-30
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I’m Attending SQLSaturday #248 in Tampa on Nov 9, 2013
I’ll be heading back to Tampa on November 9, 2013 for the BI Edition of SQLSaturday. I’ll be presenting PCI...
2013-10-30
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Interview With Rick Bolesta of the PASS Board of Directors
Rick Bolesta and Neil Buchwalter of CA technologies are leaving the Board at the end of 2013. CA and Microsoft...
2013-10-30
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Monthly profit percentage techniques
Introduction
A few days ago, a friend of mine approached me with an interesting challenge. What he was trying to achieve...
2013-10-30
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Virtualization for SQL Server DBAs – New SQL Saturday Pre-Con Session
Today I am officially announcing the launch of my first all-day SQL Saturday Pre-Conference training session entitled “Virtualization for SQL...
2013-10-30
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Winner – Conference Pass to SQL Server Live! in Orlando
This is a quick post to announce the winner of our competition for a FREE conference pass to SQL Server Live! in Orlando.
Those rather nice...
2013-10-30
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Winner – Conference Pass to SQL Server Live! in Orlando
This is a quick post to announce the winner of our competition for a FREE conference pass to SQL Server Live! in Orlando. Those rather nice folks at SQL Server Live are also offering SQL Brit...
2013-10-30
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A look at comments
Everyone knows that we should include comments in our code right? On the other hand the vast majority of us...
2013-10-29 (first published: 2013-10-21)
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
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...
Forums
String_agg not working as needed
I'm trying to get this string_agg to put all the 'comments' into one result...
Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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Odd Sequences
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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