Voting Day is Here
Tis the season for voting and SQLServerPedia has thrown out an election as well. The SQLServerPedia awards are under way...
2010-11-02
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Blog Posts
Why are DBA skills necessary? #TSQL2sDay
Time for another T-SQL Tuesday and this time I’ll finish my entry in time. This month we are talking about...
2010-11-02
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“Wear Your SQL Saturday Shirt Day”
Over the past year there have been a number of SQL Saturday events. These events have occurred across the country...
2010-11-01
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Android Adventures–Part 1
I’ve used a Blackberry for the better part of 10 years, loyalty built because as a phone and an emailing...
2010-11-01
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Attend the PASS Summit From Home
You there, sitting in your cube and fuming at all the PASS Summit talk: you couldn’t talk your company into...
2010-11-01
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Finding Your Dream Job
My pre-conference session for the SQL Rally conference in the spring is called “Finding Your Dream Job”. Chris Shaw ( LinkedIn...
2010-11-01
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Fusion-io, What It Takes To Be On The Cutting Edge
I recently had the privilege to talk with David Flynn, former CTO, Founder and newly minted CEO about Fusion-io. How...
2010-11-01
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Leaving (for) Las Vegas
Tomorrow I’m off to Las Vegas for SQL Connections. Since tomorrow is also T-SQL Tuesday #012, I’m writing a pre-trip...
2010-11-01
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More Voting
As if the US Election and SQL Rally voting were not enough (and have you voted yet for the SQL...
2010-11-01
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Motivational Monday
In life there are not many guarantees. For DBA’s and developers there are a few:
1. Backups will become corrupted but...
2010-11-01
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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
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...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
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