SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) Available
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM, which is Build 10.50.1734. I count 29 fixes...
2010-08-17
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Blog Posts
SQLSaturday #51 in Nashville
SQLSaturday is coming to Nashville this weekend, Saturday August 21st at 8:00am in the Student Services building of Nashville State...
2010-08-17
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Star Struck
Have you ever run into an error and been puzzled as to why that error occurred?
Recently I have been working...
2010-08-17
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August PASSMN Meeting This Week
It’s that time of the month and that time of the years. Time for another PASSMN meeting. Also, time for...
2010-08-16
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Automation: Granting Read Perms for Developers
Yeah, you heard me.
Do you like to read?
“But Kendra, why would we want to grant developers read permissions? And why...
2010-08-16
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Integration Services vNext Coming Soon?
That title may be a little premature - but I've recently seen a (relative) boatload of Connect submissions getting resolved, either...
2010-08-16
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Lock page memory
When you configure the memory and on your system if other applications are also present, in such cases specially for...
2010-08-16
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Nervous
According to the timeline (PDF), the PASS Nominating Committee is supposed to contact the applicants today or tomorrow and let...
2010-08-16
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S3OLV August Recap
The SQL Server Society of Las Vegas meeting has come and gone once again. This meeting is held typically on...
2010-08-16
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SQL Saturday on a Friday?!?
That’s right! PASSMN is breaking the mold and heading onto new ground. We are making our second annual Friday full-day...
2010-08-16
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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