SQL Saturday #130 Jacksonville Schedule Posted
SQL Saturday Jacksonville is just under a month away (April 28) and I’m happy to announce the we recently released...
2012-03-30
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Upgrade error: It is not possible to change the SQL Server features to be upgraded in this release. Validation errors. There are no features selected for upgrade.
On a recent project I was asked to “upgrade” a licensed SQL Server 2008R2 Standard Edition to SQL Server 2008R2 Enterprise Edition....
2012-03-30
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Start Building Your Next Network
Take a look at your network right now and while it probably has some diversity, I bet it’s tied pretty...
2012-03-30 (first published: 2012-03-25)
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Stress Thoughts-Part 4
Recently I suffered through a frustrating and contentious meeting, and that was stressful. I needed a walk, a few minutes...
2012-03-30
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An Amusing New Chapter of My Career
Starting next week, that’s the first week of April, this will be my new office. Well, not really, but I’ll be working for the company that hosts this coaster,...
2012-03-29
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An Amusing New Chapter of My Career
My New Office
Starting next week, that’s the first week of April, this will be my new office. Well, not really,...
2012-03-29
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Caveats of a CONTROL SERVER permission
Today morning I was working on one of the server to complete the regular documentation of security audit with details...
2012-03-29
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Contained Databases in SQL Server 2012
One of the problems with databases in SQL Server is the dependency of the database on various parts of the...
2012-03-29
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Error 18456 a little more friendly in 2012
While preparing a demo for a presentation, I generated a 18456 error in the SQL instance by selecting a non-existent...
2012-03-29
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Excel Source The Output Column Failed Because Truncation Occurred
In an SSIS package you have the option to choose from a wide range of source from Flat Files to...
2012-03-29 (first published: 2012-03-23)
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Blogs
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL
PlanTrace Now Supports PostgreSQL The same plan analysis you know from...
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
Crash-Consistent Snapshot Cloning - Hyper-V Edition
If you’ve been following my T-SQL Snapshot Backup series, most of what I’ve covered...
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Question of the Day
The Distance Metric
In the new VECTOR_DISTANCE() function in SQL Server 2025, the first parameter is the distance_metric. What is this?
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