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Microsoft is supporting an effort by PragmaticWorks targeted at supporting technical training for returning veterans. I can’t think of a...
2011-12-09
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Blog Posts
A PASS Board Of Directors Endorsement
One of the requirements for the PASS Board of Directors application was a collection of recommendations - 3 from volunteers, 3...
2011-12-09
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My Recipe for Chocolate Pie
One of our small holiday traditions is that we bake at least one home made dessert. Hard to beat the...
2011-12-09
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PASS Board Of Directors Voting Open Through Dec. 20
Voting for the 2011 PASS Board of Directors elections started earlier this week and if you were a PASS member...
2011-12-09
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PASS Speaking Results
I got the PASS speaking results today on the new speaker portal. They posted the top sessions as well, overall...
2011-12-09
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Re-blog – December 2 – December 8
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2011-12-09
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Reduce heap table fragmentation
A table that does not have a clustered index is referred to as a Heap. While a lot has been...
2011-12-09
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SQL Database Status with sys.databases
I was creating a Powershell script for a SQL Server checkout procedure after a reboot , and used the state_desc column...
2011-12-09
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SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Volume 2 – My Review
Volume 1 was packed full of knowledge and a very welcome edition to my bookshelf! With the bar already set...
2011-12-09
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Book Review: Sixkill
Sixkill is the 39th Spencer novel, and the last that was written by Robert Parker before his death. The plot...
2011-12-08
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Radius Latitude Longitude
I have a table with latitude longitude in the format. 45.123456 , -111.123456 ,...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers