SQL Tribal Knowledge
Ever felt like trying your hand at writing? November is National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo for our savvy readers). ...
2011-11-04
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Blog Posts
SQLSaturday #86 in Tampa–Tomorrow!
With a little bit of luck I’ll be arriving in Orlando today around 9 am as I return from SQLConnections...
2011-11-04
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SQLSaturday #96 in DC - 11/5/2011
Coming to the Capitol, tomorrow Saturday, November 5, 2011 is SQLSaturday#96 in Washington, D.C.! This great event down in DC,...
2011-11-04
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Things I Favorited on Twitter (a weekly wrapup, of sorts)
Each Friday on @Midnight">DBAs@Midnight (my live weekly webshow, 11pm CST at webshow.MidnightDBA.com!) I don’t feel like I have enough time...
2011-11-04
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What is SQL PASS?
A few weeks ago I asked a colleague, who is a DBA, if he was going to the SQL PASS...
2011-11-04
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Why I'm Running For The PASS Board Of Directors
If you read this week's onnector email you may have noticed that I'm one of the six candidates who have...
2011-11-04
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Why SQL Server is using so LESS memory
Today I want to talk about a phenomenon regarding memory management in SQL Server.
A few weeks ago I had a...
2011-11-04
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An Attempt to Make SSIS Package Deployment More Reasonable
Full disclosure: There might be a better way to do this. I am not aware of it.
Problems:
Maintaining multiple DB environments...
2011-11-03
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Another Color Wheel
Some time ago, I had the opportunity to work on a problem involving the color wheel. The requirements for that...
2011-11-03
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Another Color Wheel
Some time ago, I had the opportunity to work on a problem involving the color wheel. The requirements for that problem lent themselves to a solution involving bitwise operations...
2011-11-03
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Blogs
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Forums
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Two New Shortcuts for Fabric Lakehouse Developers: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
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Question of the Day
What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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