Don’t Take me (too) Literally
Years ago I was part of a heated discussion about the ability/inclination of a team I was on to build...
2010-09-29
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Blog Posts
Grabbing SWAG
It’s getting close to the time for the SQLServerCentral party events this fall, and time to start gathering up SWAG...
2010-09-29
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How to Prove a Fact (Again)
Sean’s latest rant – about a vendor with a dangerously small amount of SQL knowledge – has spurred me to talk about...
2010-09-29
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Index Operations Showdown: Drop & Create vs. Create With Drop_Existing vs. Rebuild
Every now and then you may have had to move nonclustered indexes between filegroups. There are two ways it can...
2010-09-29
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The Lone Ranger And Data Integrity
Many IT Pros can relate to the the Lone Ranger. With the aid of but one trusty side kick, the...
2010-09-29
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Upcoming Florida Events
Lots of events in Florida, easy to lose track! The Tallahassee Code Camp is October 23, 2010, details at http://www.tallycodecamp.org/...
2010-09-29
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Do You Have Influence? Part 3
I talked about the basics of Influence in Part 1 and Part 2, today I’m trying something harder, showing you...
2010-09-28
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Find the largest tables in a database
From time to time, I need to find the largest tables in terms of rows / used space / total space etc....
2010-09-28
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Knight's Microsoft Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer released
Today the much awaited Knight's Microsoft Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer book was release. In this book you will learn about...
2010-09-28
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Lessons from a Great Mentor
On Sunday I learned of the passing of one of my greatest mentors, Major Herbert L. Day, USMC, Retired. He...
2010-09-28
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Blogs
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
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RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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