PowerShell I Heart You
PowerShell = Giggity Giggity Goo
Ok so in the last 48 hours I think I’ve fallen madly in love with PowerShell. My...
2010-06-10
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Blog Posts
Presenting At OPASS June 15
On Tuesday, June 15, I'm presenting Paging DR Availability, You're Wanted in the Recovery Room at the Orlando SQL Server...
2010-06-10
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SSC Editorial – Limited Features or Limited Time
This editorial for the SSC newsletter ran last week and talks about the conundrum for software vendors – how do you...
2010-06-10
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TechEd 2010 – Wednesday
My final day at TechEd. Packed up and checked my bag at the hotel, off to the bus. Noticed that...
2010-06-10
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TechEd Impressions: Day Three
Today I attended four regular sessions, plus a special lunch session for Microsoft MVPs. The sessions I attended varied a...
2010-06-10
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Upcoming SQL Lunch Events
We are scheduling more and more events daily on the SQL Lunch. Just as a reminder here are a few...
2010-06-10
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What a coincidence ....
Two of the biggest events in the Technology World will be held at the same date!
PASS SUMMIT 2010 (8-11, November...
2010-06-10
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Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 19
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-06-09
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Filter Jobs using SQL Server Job Activity Monitor
Using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), we have the capability of quickly looking at job related information to verify things...
2010-06-09
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How To Eliminate Key Lookups in SQL Server 2008
The Key Lookup operator is a bookmark lookup on a table with a clustered index. Key Lookups can be quite...
2010-06-09
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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?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers