The best IT job boards
There are three job boards that I use: Dice, Monster, and LinkedIn. I prefer Dice by far, since it has...
2011-05-06
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Blog Posts
Why you should ask your CTO to attend the User group meetings.
When we (Bill Wunder and me) started our user group, the first person we invited to sign up to our...
2011-05-06
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A row has no row number
It seems that every month I have someone asking the question about ordering or row numbers for a query. Let’s...
2011-05-05
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Certifications – and a survey.
G’day,
There’s a lot of mixed opinions around about certifications.
Are they worth while, do they mean anything, do employers value them...
2011-05-05
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Correcting Image Distortion in PDF Reports
I’ve seen a few cases where reports exported or rendered to PDF have distorted charts and images. We’ve played with...
2011-05-05
1,689 reads
I Won't Be at SQL Rally
I am excited about the SQL Rally event that's coming up next week. However, I won't be there. I've been...
2011-05-05
863 reads
My Partitioning And Compression Quest! (Continued)
Thank you, David C, for your comment! Please see below to the answers to
your questions.
The table structure is:
CREATE TABLE...
2011-05-05
900 reads
My PASS Summit Submissions
Following Andy Leonard's (blog | twitter) footsteps, here are my PASS Summit submissions. I decided to go a little different this...
2011-05-05
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Orlando 101 For SQLRally Attendees: Accommodations & Travel
The inaugural SQLRally in Orlando is less than a week away (May 11-13)! Maybe you're coming to Orlando for the...
2011-05-05
549 reads
Orlando 101 For SQLRally Attendees: Entertainment
The inaugural SQLRally in Orlando is less than a week away (May 11-13)! Maybe you're coming to Orlando for the...
2011-05-05
858 reads
Blogs
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...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
Forums
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...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
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