Local Library Policies
Over the past couple years our local library system has been under financial pressure, resulting in some changes, and maybe...
2010-07-22
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Blog Posts
Project Houston For SQL Azure
Microsoft has released CTP1 of Project Houston for SQL Azure. Project Houston is a Silverlight web based database management tool...
2010-07-22
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Seven Reasons You Should Attend SQLBits 7
SQLBits is Europe’s Largest SQL Server Event
That’s right, just take a moment to let that point hit home. If you...
2010-07-22
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SQL Saturday Advice - Work with Sponsors
The hardest thing, I think, for most new organizers of a SQL Saturday is the fundraising. A few years ago...
2010-07-22
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SQLRally Logo Contest - Fame & Fortune Up For Grabs!
Now that the PASS SQLRally (formerly known as the spring event) has a name it's time to start building a...
2010-07-22
678 reads
Free Data Warehouse Training - SQL Lunch #27 Let's Get Dimensional
Join Adam Jorgensen, tomorrow on the SQL Lunch to learn about Dimensional Modeling. Go to SQL Lunch and add this...
2010-07-21
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Getting Started In Blogging And Technical Speaking - At The 2010 PASS Summit
In case you missed it the Program Session (60 min. long) selections are now available on the 2010 PASS Summit...
2010-07-21
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Great Rediscovered Books from Vesalius College’s Curriculum: The St. Martin's Guide to Writing
Another positive side benefit from moving has been the re-arrangement of the now two small libraries at home: one sorted...
2010-07-21
610 reads
I come to you, humbled...
WOW! A couple of weeks ago, I announced that I would be offering a few MSDN Ultimate subscriptions to unemployed...
2010-07-21
593 reads
Instant File Initialization Speeds SQL Server
Sometimes, its just the smallest of details that can make all the difference. For example, on my test system (see...
2010-07-21
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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