Lookup functions in SSRS 2008 R2 - II
Introduction
In my last post on Lookup functions related to SSRS 2008 R2, I had explained Lookup(). It is used to...
2011-07-27
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Blog Posts
Preparing for #sqlsat81
SQL Saturday 81 is coming up this weekend in Birmingham AL. This will be my 5th SQL Saturday to speak...
2011-07-27
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Searching for Wild Card Characters
I got asked an interesting question recently, I was demonstrating how you can use wild cards in a WHERE clauses...
2011-07-27
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Some Common Disk Drives Compared
Since I talked about how wonderful the newer Western Digital Black 6Gbps SATA III hard drives are a couple of...
2011-07-27
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SQL Server does not script indexes by default
Here is a got-ya that happened to me. In SQL Server I want to generate a script of all the...
2011-07-27
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SQLSaturday #85 Orlando: Pragmatic Works BI Pre-Con!
I’m very proud to announce that Pragmatic Works will be presenting a Business Intelligence Workshop pre-con for SQLSaturday #85 in...
2011-07-27
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Strengths Finder 2.0
I’ve made the commitment to read and review 12 books over 12 months as a part of continuous personal development....
2011-07-27
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What is the hardest part of planning a SQL Saturday?
For me so far it has been the speaker selection. Getting sponsors didn’t prove to be difficult, we have a...
2011-07-27
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Fastest row counting method
SELECT COUNT(*) is most common method (and exact) how to find out how many records is in table. There is...
2011-07-26
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Leaked Information About AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processors
CPU World has a post about some leaked info regarding the upcoming Opteron 6200 series “Bulldozer” processor line. Here are...
2011-07-26
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Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits III
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