SQL Server MasterClass Event Review
I often begrudge a 5am start to travel anywhere, let alone to SQL events but this was a trip definitely...
2010-06-19
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Blog Posts
3.15Kw Grid-Tied Solar PV System Online
I took a day off work so I could be here when Namaste Solar and IREA came out to my...
2010-06-18
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Building a PASS Voting Solution – Part 2
Yesterday I wrote about deciding to build a quick and dirty voting solution. Or to try to at least! Should...
2010-06-18
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Finding Duplicates
This is just a short post that uses a contrived example to demonstrate how to find duplicate records in a...
2010-06-18
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How Do I ... Get a List of Tables With Data Modifications in a Specific Timeframe?
How Do I ... Get a List of Tables With Data Modifications in a Specific Timeframe?
There was a question on a...
2010-06-18
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June SCSUG Meeting Follow-up
This is a bit later than usual as the meeting was a week ago now, but I wanted to post...
2010-06-18
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Learn SQL Server 2008 R2 with 24-HOP
Last month, the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) held its second 24 Hours of PASS, or 24 HOP for...
2010-06-18
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PASS Update #34 (The “Spring Event”!)
The minutes of the June 2010 Board meeting have been posted and if you haven’t read them yet, you missed...
2010-06-18
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Speaking and Presenting Tips - Handouts
I’ve given quite a few presentations, one keynote with another to come, and attended many more. I’ve read a few...
2010-06-18
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SQL Spatial data for State/County shapes
I saw a Blog post by Grant Fritchey (Blog | Twitter) a couple days ago on using Geospatial data in SSRS...
2010-06-18
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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