Playing with Cython
Intro Recently, I came over Cython and started experimenting with it. After some basic testing, I found several things of...
2012-11-23
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Blog Posts
Reblog: November 16 to November 22
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2012-11-23
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I’m Thankful for 978-1-84968-508-5
There are things that I’m thankful for this year. Yes, I also got a lot of setbacks but that wouldn’t...
2012-11-22
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysobjects
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-22
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysperfinfo
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-22
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MDX #20 – Last Data Date
Need to check the last time when our ETL processes ran successfully
Data warehouse developers routinely query the last data date...
2012-11-22
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MDX #21 – Days in a month
ParallelPeriod() function is very useful when we need to present data side-by-side for two parallel periods
ParallelPeriod() function is often used...
2012-11-22
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Newsletter
Back in the old days before this blog when I was publishing a website instead that has long been consigned...
2012-11-22
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SQL Server 2008 SP3 CU8 Is Now Available !
The 8th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available for download at the Microsoft...
2012-11-22
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SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU1 Is Now Available !
The 1st cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available for download at the Microsoft...
2012-11-22
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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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