Un-SQL Friday #004: Speaker Lessons Learned
I began writing a story about, shall we say, a less than positive speaking experience…and then I realized: This is...
2011-06-02
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Blog Posts
Windows 8 demo
A Windows 8 demo was just released. Looks really cool. Check it out at Previewing ‘Windows 8’ as well as Microsoft’s...
2011-06-02
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Do You Ever Physically Defragment Your SQL Server MDF & LDF Files?
Every since the first file was written to a floppy disk drive using DOS, physical file fragmentation has been a...
2011-06-01
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DQ & MDM Book Available to Download
If you’re looking for a resource on the Data Quality and Master Data Management features in SQL Server 2008 R2,...
2011-06-01
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June Question: How Do You Monitor Your SQL Servers?
As DBAs, one of our biggest responsibilities is to monitor our SQL Servers to ensure they are performing as expected....
2011-06-01
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PASS Announces Pre-conference and Spotlight Sessions for PASS 2011 Summit
Today, PASS announced the Pre-conference and Spotlight Sessions for the PASS Summit 2011 in Seattle, which will run from October...
2011-06-01
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PerformancePoint wish list – change a datasource
One item on my PerformancePoint wish list is the ability to change a datasource for an Analytic Chart/Grid. There is...
2011-06-01
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Re-Focusing the Blog a Bit
In recent weeks I've strayed pretty much all over the map with respect to topics. I have another blog, the...
2011-06-01
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SQL Exercise During Candidate Interview Process
A discussion of how BPS uses a SQL exercise for candidates and why it is helpful.
At the Boston Public Schools,...
2011-06-01
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SQL Saturday Pensacola
I know it has been almost a month since I posted last and this is not really a “real” post,...
2011-06-01
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Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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