Presentation Slides for Transitioning to a BI role
Thanks to everyone who attended my session “Transitioning to a BI role” at the PASS SQL Saturday Charlotte. The abstract is below. Another...
2013-10-21
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Blog Posts
Win a Free Conference Pass to SQL Server Live! in Orlando
Taking responsibility for your own Professional Development and making it a priority is essential to being a successful Data Professional.
Courtesy...
2013-10-21
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Win a Free Conference Pass to SQL Server Live! in Orlando
Taking responsibility for your own Professional Development and making it a priority is essential to being a successful Data Professional. Courtesy SQL Server Live! I’ve got an outstanding opportunity for...
2013-10-21
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Summit 2013 Review!!! plus SQLSaturday #237 Charlotte BI Edition
The week is over and I waiting for my flight home. I did not to get to as many sessions...
2013-10-20
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PASS Summit 2013 – Day 5: SQL Server Internals Day
This is a summary of my last day in the PASS Summit. I have already written about my first, second,...
2013-10-19
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PASS Summit 2013 – Day 5: SQL Server Internals Day
This is a summary of my last day in the PASS Summit. I have already written about my first, second,...
2013-10-19
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PASS Summit 2013-Blogger Interview With PASS Officers
On Thursday the PASS bloggers were given the chance to meet with the PASS officers and I participated along with...
2013-10-19
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PASS Summit Report #16 (Mentoring)
A couple years back Steve Jones and I started The Mentoring Experiment. Our first experiments to see how effective non-local...
2013-10-19
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Do Be a Gatekeeper
I read this fascinating blog post called “Don’t Be a Gatekeeper” by Julie Zhuo. Please read that first.
It really resonated...
2013-10-18 (first published: 2013-10-09)
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Looking for a new SQL Server book? Look no further…
So I know it’s been a while since I last posted on this blog, but I promise I haven’t been...
2013-10-18 (first published: 2013-10-10)
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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...
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Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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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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