How Stale Are My Statistics?
Unlike fine wine, you typically wouldn’t want your statistics to be aged. At least for tables that are being updated...
2010-11-05
11,824 reads
Blog Posts
Live Streaming Keynotes From PASS Summit 2010
I just wanted to help spread the word that the PASS Summit Keynotes will be streamed live via LiveMeeting next...
2010-11-05
593 reads
My PASS Summit 2010 Schedule
The 2010 PASS Summit is a few days away and my schedule has gone from wide open to booked solid!...
2010-11-05
650 reads
My Schedule for the PASS 2010 Summit
I’m doing the final and somewhat hectic work of preparing for the trip to Seattle for the PASS Summit. It’ll...
2010-11-05
682 reads
PASS Summit Sunday Night Dinner & Meetup
Earlier this week I posted the announcement about an informal get together on Sunday night November 7th for those arriving...
2010-11-05
1,094 reads
PASSMN 2011 Board of Directors
For the third year in a row, we’ve had a blockbuster PASSMN Board of Directors election. By that, I mean...
2010-11-05
621 reads
Post 100 – A Year Gone (not quite)!
I wasn’t going to make a special effort for the one hundredth post on my blog, I was intending to...
2010-11-05
778 reads
SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday – Return Last Date of the Prior Month
Brian K. McDonald
SQLBIGeek
Twitter: @briankmcdonald
Welcome to the fourth post of my “SQLBIGeek’s Function Friday” blog series. In this series, I am...
2010-11-05
586 reads
SQLSaturday#59 - Reflection on the Speaker Interview Series...
No speaker interview today, (didn't have time to format it today), just some reflection on the Speaker Interview Series, thus...
2010-11-05
656 reads
SSIS: Using a Script Component as a substitute OLEDB Destination
I developed an SSIS package that loads invoices, statements, pro-formas, etc. into a SQL Server table. The invoices are .pdf files and the business required that no identical documents...
2010-11-05
17 reads
Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
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As of June 2026, what is the best version of TLS to use with SQL Server?
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