BI at the Royal Canadian Mint - TechEd
The Royal Canadian Mint, in Ottawa, is located at a large castle. How cool is that? Would you want to...
2010-06-08
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Blog Posts
Building an Energy Efficient Workstation
Over this past weekend, I decided to build a new general purpose workstation from parts, with a goal of getting...
2010-06-08
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Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 18
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-06-08
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Data Compression
We have come to that time of month again – blog party. This time, the party is hosted by Jorge Segarra...
2010-06-08
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Impressions of My First Day at TechEd 2010
TechEd 2010 started today, June 7, and will run through Thursday, June 10, 2010. In the past TechEd has run...
2010-06-08
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More Details About Engine Improvements in SQL Server 2008 R2 (SQLTuesday)
This post is for SQLTuesday #007, hosted by Jorge Segarra (blog | twitter). The topic is to talk about your favorite...
2010-06-08
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Overcoming Your Limits
As I age in years, I realize more and more how blessed I was to attend The Citadel, the Military...
2010-06-08
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PASS Summit 2010 Abstract Submissions
I submitted three abstracts for the 2010 PASS Summit this year - two "normal" (75 minute) and one spotlight (90 minute)...
2010-06-08
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SQL Saturday #22 Pensacola Recap
Saturday I drove up to Pensacola for SQL Saturday #22. Me and several others from Baton Rouge, including my two...
2010-06-08
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SSIS-DTS Package Search 2.0.18 released
SSIS-DTS Package Search 2.0.18 has been released. This is a bug fix release that addresses a problem with the search...
2010-06-08
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Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
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...
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