Rants about Connect
The site connect.microsoft.com is a wonderful concept: you can provide feedback about the Microsoft products, report bugs and give suggestions...
2013-07-29
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Blog Posts
SQL Server – Import text file using xp_cmdshell
There are several options available to import data from external sources to SQL Server. Such as Import & Export Wizard, BULK...
2013-07-29
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SQL Server Management Studio Rainbow Edition
Reblogged from The SQL Pro: Ever wanted to know the reason behind the Database color scheme in SQL Server Management...
2013-07-29
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What I’m sayin’ is…everything is fine.
Let’s say you are a member of the development team. Your team got a new project in the works, so...
2013-07-29
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SQL Saturday #252, Christchurch New Zealand
TweetSQL Saturday #252 Christchurch, New Zealand
G’day,
Well, these are exciting times for the Christchurch SQL SERVER User Group.
After a period of...
2013-07-28
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SQL Saturday Sacramento was terrific
This year’s SQL Saturday #222 in Sacramento was a blast. This event was certainly the high point of my summer,...
2013-07-28
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Go ahead. Laugh.
I came across one of my twitter friends @DBAReactions tumblr site and gosh! I cannot stop laughing! Here is one...
2013-07-27
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Security Questions: Recommended Security Book
As I mentioned in the introductory post, during the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’sTraining on the T’s, I...
2013-07-27
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Disaster Recovery - Part 1 - Possibly Almost Everything But the Kit
Over the years I have been fortunate or unfortunate enough, depending on who you are to have experienced several disasters...
2013-07-26
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Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware
On July 25, I had the opportunity to present Hardware 201 for the PASS Performance Virtual Chapter. You can download...
2013-07-26
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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