XQuery for the Non-Expert – Aggregates
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Talk to the Experts
In the...
2011-03-07
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Blog Posts
In summary - SQLskills internals.
Well, I attended a full week of SQL internals from Paul Randal [Blog | Twitter] and Kimberley L. Tripp [Blog | Twitter]...
2011-03-06
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Leading Wildcards Aren’t A Good Default
SQL Server has LIKE, which lets us do various pattern matches, but most commonly we use the percent side as...
2011-03-05
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SQL Server Hardware Selection Presentation from Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta
I just wanted to post a link to my presentation on Hardware 201: Selecting and Sizing Database Hardware for OLTP...
2011-03-05
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Back from the MVP Summit
Back home after three days in Seattle at the 2011 MVP Summit. As I wrote in an editorial this week,...
2011-03-04
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Having Cake and Eating it Two
In early January, I wrote a little tribute to my wife for the awesome job she does when making cakes. There was a lot of good feedback from that....
2011-03-04
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Having Cake and Eating it Two
In early January, I wrote a little tribute to my wife for the awesome job she does when making cakes....
2011-03-04
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Jump on the SQLExpress – Useful info, ways to schedule and run maintenance jobs
Jump on the SQLExpress – Useful info, ways to schedule and run maintenance jobs
Sometimes, folks come to me, and ask for...
2011-03-04
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March PASSMN Meeting Announced
Come one, come all to the March PASSMN meeting – that’s the Minnesota SQL Server User Group. This month we’re going...
2011-03-04
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Oh Yes It’s Ladies Ni…errr…Month
Making WIT awesome since 1993
It’s March and this month sees a lot of celebration, amongst the parties are Mardi Gras...
2011-03-04
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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