The Right Level of “Right”
…or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
I had a SQL dev’s dream come to me via...
2010-07-28
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Blog Posts
Webcast Today – Using XML to Query Execution Plans
I’ll be speaking for the SQL PASSDatabase Administration Virtual Chapter today at 12 PM Eastern time. The topic will be...
2010-07-28
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[OT] Where Ya Been?
Have you heard the sound of silence? Yep, that’s been my blog.
It’s been weeks since I’ve posted anything on here,...
2010-07-27
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Count(*) or Count(1) ?
Every so often on the on-line forums, the question of : Which is better Count(*) or Count(1) ? will occur. So can...
2010-07-27
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Do As I Say, Not as I Do
Do I follow my own advice?
I’ve been asked that at a few of my Modern Resume presentations if I do...
2010-07-27
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Hit and miss
Or “Monitoring plan cache usage”
For people interested in the details of how SQL is using and reusing execution plans, there...
2010-07-27
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Pillbox Application
Ran across Pillbox in Government Computing News (GCN), a web app that lets you identify what a pill is based...
2010-07-27
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Powershell Remoting with SQL Server
One of the best things to come out with Powershell V2 is remoting and asynchronous calls. Between the two of...
2010-07-27
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Presenting at SQLSaturday #40 – South Florida
I'M ON A BOAT!
This is just a quick note to say that I’ll be in South Florida this weekend presenting...
2010-07-27
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Slack Traveler
I realized over the weekend that I hadn’t booked a hotel for my SQL Saturday #28 trip to Baton Rouge....
2010-07-27
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
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Creating JSON II
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