PASS Summit 2013 Report #8
Still at the opening day keynote, waiting for next demo to start.
I think the PASS water bottles are the most...
2013-10-16
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Blog Posts
PASS Summit 2013 Report #9
PowerBi contest – www.facebook.com/microsoftbi. Aligns with the BA conference next year.
I’m amused thinking about PowerBi being Powered By Microsoft.
I still...
2013-10-16
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Query to compare indexes between two tables
We have a set of databases at my office that use the load and swap method of loading data with...
2013-10-16
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SQL Live 360 Competition Winner and Answers!
About a month ago I started a competition (hosted by the event organizers) to give away a free pass to...
2013-10-16
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SQL Server 2014 CTP2 …ready to download
Announced and available for download the SQL Server 2014 CTP2:
Release Note:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn169381%28v=sql.15%29.aspx?lc=1033
Download Location:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dn205290.aspx
…and something that is very welcome for the community...
2013-10-16
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SQL Server 2014 CTP2 Available to Download
At the PASS Summit keynote today Quentin Clark announced that SQL Server CTP2 (which is public and the last public review) and is available right now to download here....
2013-10-16
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SQL Server MVP for the 2nd time in row!
I’m honored to be recognized as SQL Server MVP for the 2nd time in row and thank you Microsoft to...
2013-10-16
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Summit 2013 – Part the First
While not technically the first day of Summit since the official start is yet to come, here are my thoughts...
2013-10-16
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Summit 2013 – Part the First
While not technically the first day of Summit since the official start is yet to come, here are my thoughts on Sunday and Monday of PASS Summit 2013. For...
2013-10-16
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TempDB Contention 2.1.%
Problem: When you are performing many DML operations and makes tempdb contesnion on it, You may get wait_resource of 2.1.103...
2013-10-16
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Blogs
Excellent article on securing msdb
By Brian Kelley
Fabiano Amorim has written an excellent article at Simple Talk on securing msdb. Here's...
T-SQL Tuesday #201: Temp Tables
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, which I am grateful for. So many...
When Do You Reach For A #temp Table?
I needed to do some research because there is more to #temp tables than...
Forums
Return all intermediate members of a recursive CTE?
I wrote a recursive CTE to determine employee levels... but what if I wanted...
jdbc auth failing to sql from sap's cloud middleware CPI
hi , our business partner is asking s4 sap api's for receivable info and...
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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