Twitter is…
I think Twitter is a graffiti wall that emulates a series of hallway conversations near the world's largest food court.
2010-05-11
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Blog Posts
Catching Up
Hey there gang ! – It’s been a while since I’ve written and I apologize. It’s shameful I know. I just completed...
2010-05-10
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Creating a Server Audit - SSMS
Building an audit in SQL Server 2008 is very easy, much easier than in previous versions using SQL Trace. That...
2010-05-10
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Daily SQL Server 2008 New Feature – Day 3
Every day for the next couple of weeks, I aim to highlight one of SQL Server 2008’s new features, simply...
2010-05-10
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Finding Enterprise Only Features in Your SQL Server 2008 Database
Microsoft added a new DMV, sys.dm_db_persisted_sku_features to SQL Server 2008 that you can use to determine whether you have any...
2010-05-10
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New Free eBook: Defensive Database Programming with SQL Server
Simple-Talk Publishing has released a new, free 291 page eBook called Defensive Database Programming with SQL Server, by Alex Kuznetsov....
2010-05-10
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Notes on SQLSaturday #38
Started Friday by picking up the shirts for the event in Orlando, then heading to Jacksonville with the family, getting...
2010-05-10
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OPASS May Meeting Recap
OPASS had it’s May meeting on Thursday the 6th sponsored by Confio with Dean Richards presenting Tuna Helper for the...
2010-05-10
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PASS BI Virtual Chapter Webcast: Extract, Transform, and Load your Data Warehouse
Everyone is invited to a webcast hosted by the PASS Business Intelligence virtual chapter this Friday, May 14th, as we...
2010-05-10
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PASS Professional Development VC Reboot!
This is just a quick post to let everyone know that this week marks the return of the PASS Professional...
2010-05-10
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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