Kent .Net/SqlServer User Group – Upcoming events
At the Kent user group we have two upcoming events. Both are to be held at F-Keys Training suite http://f-keys.co.uk/...
2011-06-05
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Blog Posts
Static or “global” variables in T-SQL using CLR UDT
I faced problem that I had many lookup tables like ProductType, ClientType etc. and wanted to refer to their values...
2011-06-05
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Using Nightly Populated Tables For Faster SQL Queries
A discussion about nightly populated tables and how they have reduced SQL Server load.
What’s more important – speed or data accuracy/quality...
2011-06-05
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Failure Cluster -General
We have discussed some basic high availability here. Yesterday we were discussing about Windows clustering (here on will say “Clustering”)...
2011-06-04
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Maximum recursion possible with CTE in SQL Server 2005/2008
In my last blog about Tally Tables, we talked about the use of
recursive CTEs to generate Tally Tables. Following that,...
2011-06-04
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Analysis Services Operations Guide Released
The Analysis Services team has been working overtime lately to provide added community support for the traditional UDM-based OLAP engine...
2011-06-03
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Avoiding OR Conditions with Joins
Why OR conditions in join statements should be avoided and an example fix.
OR conditions and join statements – some things just...
2011-06-03
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PerformancePoint 2010 source control
While there is no way to use a source control system such as Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Subversion with PerformancePoint...
2011-06-03
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Re-blog – May 27-June 2
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-06-03
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SQLSaturday #77 Pensacola Florida Event Preview
Sometimes, even if I’m not attending, some SQLSaturdays stand out to me, and catch my interest. I guess it’s a...
2011-06-03
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Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers