Do You Have Other Opportunities Open?
Imagine you’re talking with a recruiter about a position that seems like a good fit and during that conversation they...
2010-10-27
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Blog Posts
Have You Grabbed the SQL Sentry Plan Explorer Yet?
I won't say I despise SQL Server Management Studio's (SSMS) display for execution plans, but it's about at that level....
2010-10-27
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Notes from MySQL Enterprise Lunch and Learn With Representatives from Sun & Oracle (MySQL 5.5 Now Downloadable)
Today we sat through a pizza ‘n pop lunch while listening to a MySQL Offering and Licensing for the company...
2010-10-27
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Postponing SQL Lunch Presentation Until Next Week
I woke up this morning about 3 AM with clogged sinuses and a fever. Great. The changing weather patterns that...
2010-10-27
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SQLSaturday #59 - Speaker Interview Series # 12 with Ayad Shammout
SQLSaturday #59 - Speaker Interview Series # 12 - with Ayad Shammout
Today, we bring you the immaculate interview. If his sessions are as...
2010-10-27
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The SQL Rally - Who Would I Vote For?
I was looking over the pre-conference sessions submitted for the SQL Rally event taking place next May in Orlando. I...
2010-10-27
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Virtual Presentation Tomorrow
I’ll be presenting a practice run at one of my PASS Summit presentations, Identifying Common Performance Problems using Execution Plans,...
2010-10-27
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Vote For The SQLRally Pre-Con Seminars
Do you know a real-life Pointy Haired Boss? Maybe you don’t work for him, but I bet you’ve met one.
In...
2010-10-27
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When is that Restore Going to Finish?
I spent a good portion of last weekend restoring databases from backup due to a large release. Nothing went wrong,...
2010-10-27
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2-Weeks to PASS Summit 2010 Countdown
It’s getting down to brass tacks. There is now only 2 more weeks until the PASS Summit. There’ve been a...
2010-10-26
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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
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
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...
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