Come and get your Data Education!

We all have been to various training courses throughout our professional career.  Many follow a similar standard curriculum or course...

Conflict Resolution

More than once I’ve run into situations where I’m working with two people/groups that don’t get along. Especially as a...

Dreaming

It’s easy to get so busy with life you forget to dream, at least for me. Most of us have...

Import Data from AS400 to SQL Server

The process to import data from AS400  uses a SQL Server  Linked server. The Linked Server points to an ODBC...

St. Louis SQL Server Users Group Feedback

You know I share what feedback I get from conferences. I don’t usually get feedback from users groups (well, I...

Ways to save money on Microsoft Software

If you are a developer and are on your own, or working for a company that does not have an...

Analytic Functions – FIRST_VALUE / LAST_VALUE

This post is part of the series discussing the new Analytic functions in SQL Server “Denali”, CTP3.

Analytic Functions in SQL...

PowerShell for the Easily Frustrated N00b, or, “A Simple and Useful Command”

The stupid, stupid Windows search (Start Menu > Search) doesn’t work on one of my computers (running WinXP Pro).  Yes, I made...

Probe Residual on Hash Match

I have to say, I only recently noticed this on a tool tip:

and this in the property sheet:

The bad news...

SELECT COUNT(*) vs COUNT(1) vs COUNT(ColumnName)

What is the difference between COUNT(*), COUNT(1) and COUNT(ColumnName)? A mystery that will never be known… ok that was a...