S3OLV July Recap
This month we had our first adventure in LiveMeeting presentations. We had the pleasure of listening to Jack Corbett give...
2010-07-12
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Blog Posts
Settling or Pushing On
I read a blog recently that was titled: Time to Stop Settling. I think that the author (a friend) was...
2010-07-12
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Should DBAs Be the Protectors of Data?
Originally published in the Database Weekly newsletter.
I used to work at a large organization ($8 billion in revenues) as a...
2010-07-12
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Speaking at Greater New Orleans .Net User Group (GNO.NET)
This week I will speaking at the Greater New Orleans .Net User Group. My topic is Introduction to the SQL...
2010-07-12
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Speaking at Nashville, St Louis, and Baton Rouge in August
In August, I will be presenting at the following events:
DevLINK, August 5-7, 2010
How and When to Use Indexed ViewsIdentifying SQL...
2010-07-12
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SQL Lunch Presentation Today and Wednesday
A heavy week for SQL Lunch with two presentations!
There is another SQL Lunch presentation scheduled for today at 12:30 EDT. Join...
2010-07-12
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SQL Saturday #28 “Refer a Friend Contest”
With all the MSDN give away contests, I decided to add another. Here are the official rules for the twitter...
2010-07-12
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SQL Server DMV Starter Pack E-Book Published
Red Gate Books has published a new e-book called “SQL Server DMV Starter Pack”, which you can download for free...
2010-07-12
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SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando Pre-Conference with Louis Davidson
The planning team of SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando and OPASS are proud to announce that there will be a pre-conference seminar...
2010-07-12
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SSIS - Enabling Logging
Have you ever had a scheduled run of one of your SSIS packages fail? Have you ever wished you had...
2010-07-12
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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
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...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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