Latest post from Bill Gates featuring Hans Rosling’s animated bubble graphs
I just caught a tweet from Bill Gates with yet another fascinating presentation from Hans Rosling on the Gates Notes...
2011-11-02
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Blog Posts
Meetings as Battles
I was in a meeting recently that had some quiet tension to it, at least two different sides represented and...
2011-11-02
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My PASS Summit 2011 Experience
The 2011 PASS Summit is in the rear view mirror (has it really been almost three weeks now?)...and as always...
2011-11-02
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Presenting at SQL Saturday #96
I’m honored to have been selected to present two sessions at SQL Saturday #96 in our nation’s capital, Washington DC...
2011-11-02
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Presenting Tomorrow (Thursday) via Webinar - SQL Server Security
I have the privilege of being able to give a webinar tomorrow, November 3, at 11 AM EDT. It will...
2011-11-02
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Salaried employee vs contractor
Are you a salaried employee looking to switch to a W-2 or 1099 contractor? (For an explanation of W-2 and...
2011-11-02
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SQL Saturday #87 Report
I drove the over 250 miles from my home in Edwardsville, IL, to attend the SQL Server 87 in Louisville,...
2011-11-02
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WAN Optimization Solutions–Input Needed Please!
I was just wondering if anyone has a WAN optimization solution as part of their infrastructure. I have a few...
2011-11-02
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10 More Days Until Inspiration! - SQLInspireNYC 2011
Can't believe we're ONLY 10 days out from what's shaping up to be quite an extraordinary awesome event! We've been...
2011-11-01
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Backup/restore/checkdb/shrinkfile progress
Have you ever wonderet how long you need to wait for a backup or restore command to complete? If you...
2011-11-01
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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