Notes from SQLSaturday #62
The weekend started with a later afternoon drive to Tampa, returning a couple calls and then chatting with Steve Jones...
2011-01-17
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SQL Saturday SQLSaturday #62 - Tampa Review
For those who attended SQL Saturday #62 in Tampa I hope you enjoyed this free event.As I promised in the...
2011-01-17
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TechEd: Session Preference Survey
TechEd has listed some potential sessions for TechEd North America 2011 here: http://northamerica.msteched.com/sessionpreference?fbid=I1Ydc71JM4a. They want to know which sessions you...
2011-01-17
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Using the MERGE statement
I love MERGE. You know all those awful IF BEGIN END ELSE BEGIN END blocks you need to write for...
2011-01-17
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XQuery for the Non-Expert – @Variable Use
Follow the rest of this series at the XQuery for the Non-Expert – X-Query Resources introduction post.
Talk to the Experts
In a...
2011-01-17
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31 Days of SSIS – 10 Things About Expressions (16/31)
31 Days of SSIS
Sixteen days in and we are past the half way point for the 31 Days of SSIS...
2011-01-16
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Check that what you expected is actually what you got - DB's and SQLCMD
I feel that it is wise move for a script to actually check itself that the database connection that is...
2011-01-16
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31 Days of SSIS – Every Which Way Outputs (15/31)
31 Days of SSIS
Saturday morning and you can watch your favorite cartoon, or jump into some fun with SSIS. Today...
2011-01-15
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PASSMN January Meeting Announced
The details are up and we have the meeting planned for January for the Minnesota SQL Server User Group (PASSMN). ...
2011-01-15
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SQL Saturday #62
I presented a one hour session at SQL Saturday #62 in Tampa on SQL Server PowerShell Extensions (SQLPSX): “In this...
2011-01-15
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Backing Up a DMK
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