SQL Saturday Advice - Keynotes
Continuing on with my Thursday series of SQL Saturday posts, this time I wanted to talk about keynotes.
I’ve been to...
2010-08-05
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Locking & Blocking At DevLink 2010
Wow! Thanks to everyone who came to my SQL Server Locking & Blocking session at devLINK this morning! I’m completely humbled...
2010-08-05
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SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando Update
Planning is going forward for SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando and the event is coming together well. My main task is sponsors...
2010-08-05
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The Gotcha’s of Gotcha’s
Have you ever tried to create a dataset in SSRS 2008 (based upon an OLAP cube) and ran into that...
2010-08-05
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The SQL Rally Logo Vote
I like way that the SQL Rally is being run. Having the community interact with the organizers and try to...
2010-08-05
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August S3OLV UG Meeting
It is nearly UG meeting time once again. The S3OLV UG will be meeting Thursday August 12 at 6:00. Come...
2010-08-04
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Does Column Order Matter in SQL Server
The short answer is it doesn’t. I guess that’s the long answer as well.
A few people have posted questions...
2010-08-04
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How to Attend a Tech Conference
I’m absolutely positive that I’m not the first to blog on this topic, but I haven’t seen anyone else say...
2010-08-04
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More Notes from SQLSaturday #40
In addition to being at at #40 as an attendee, I also had Don Gabor there to take a look...
2010-08-04
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Motivational Monday – 8/16/10
In life, many times we get confused by symbols or indicators that we make assumptions about. You know what they...
2010-08-04
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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?
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