SQL Server 2012 (“Denali”): T-SQL Enhancements
SQL Server 2012 has a number of new T-SQL features. Listed below are all of the new features, along with...
2012-02-15
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Blog Posts
SQLRockstar's SQL Someday
http://vimeo.com/33411604
This is a talk given by Thomas LaRock (@SQLRockstar to you Twitter-folk) at an event last fall in NYC called...
2012-02-15
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USB/Flash Drive Security
Gone are the days when remote drives were easy to detect because there was some size to them. Nowadays USB...
2012-02-15 (first published: 2012-02-13)
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A Guide for Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
Check out my article on SQLServerCentral.com in which I discussed SQL Server 2008 R2 installation setup which you can use to install...
2012-02-14
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ANUG: Masters at Work
In November last year, our very own Henrik Sjang Davidsen did a session at the ANUG event called Masters at...
2012-02-14
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Be careful with two digit years
I recently had a scary conversation with a user, which can be broken down to:
User: Why would the data have...
2012-02-14
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ColoradoSQL–February 2012
All ColoradoSQL user group meetings start at 5:30 p.m. and provide food and refreshments. There is no cost to attend...
2012-02-14
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Two Webcasts, One Day
If you are interested in listening to my sultry Minnesota voice this Thursday, you have the opportunity to do it…...
2012-02-14
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Battery Life–The Hidden Cost of Keeping a Laptop
I’ve had my Dell E6500 for about 3-1/2 years now. I’ve recently upgraded the original (back when a SSD was...
2012-02-13
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Blogsy and my iPad
So this is just a short post to test how well I can type and use Blogsy. If it works...
2012-02-13
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Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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