February Question: If you weren’t a DBA, what would you like to do?
Sometimes its fun to think of what career you might have chosen if you hadn’t become a DBA. With this...
2012-02-01
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Blog Posts
Learning, Networking & Wine
Let’s say, you want to spend a couple of days learning about SQL Server. You also want to spend some...
2012-02-01
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Need to create a time dimension down to the millisecond?
Ok, I know that creating a time dimension down to the millisecond is extremely rare. After all, we are talking...
2012-02-01
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Speaking at Space Coast SQL Users Group on Feb 9, 2012
I’ll be visiting the Space Coast group (http://spacecoast.sqlpass.org/) on Feb 9th to do a presentation on Professional Development Plans. I’m...
2012-02-01
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SSAS: Currency Conversion Using Measure Expressions
Currency conversions can be implemented several ways as part of a business intelligence solution. In some scenarios it may be...
2012-02-01
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SSRS – Using Analysis Services Dynamic Management Views to Build Dynamic Reports
Dynamic Management Views are a very powerful tool that are part of Analysis Services in 2008 and 2008 R2. They...
2012-02-01
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Using the Error Output of the Derived Column
The other day I was building a simple data import package when I ran into a common situation; invalid conversions...
2012-02-01
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Using the Error Output of the Derived Column
The other day I was building a simple data import package when I ran into a
common situation; invalid conversions in a Derived Column. The conversion
was taking an ISBN13...
2012-02-01
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Using the Error Output of the Derived Column
The other day I was building a simple data import package when I ran into a common situation; invalid conversions in a Derived Column. The conversion was taking an...
2012-02-01
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Your Road to Becoming a DBA: Acquiring Experience is Key
Knowing precisely how to start on your next adventure is tricky. With so many options and decisions in front of...
2012-02-01
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Blogs
Automated SQL Server Benchmarking with HammerDB and Docker: A Complete Testing Framework
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
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Squared Values
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
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