Plagiarism
It seems to rear it’s ugly head more and more these days. Once again I found some content from my...
2010-04-30
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Blog Posts
SCRUM Training with Alistair Cockburn
I wanted the SCRUM Master certification this year, and could have gone local, but I wanted to get the training...
2010-04-30
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Six Months
“Show up for work on time for six months and then we’ll talk. Until then, I have four words for...
2010-04-30
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Two Ways to Get System and Server Information on SQL Server from Management Studio / Enterprise Manager
To collect information for your SQL Server Infrastructure, there are two ways I can recommend.
The first, as mentioned from...
2010-04-30
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Windows 7 v the iPad
No, I didn’t buy an iPad, but I have to say on a trip to the Apple Store this week...
2010-04-30
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A DMV a Day – Day 29
The DMV for Day 29 is sys.dm_exec_connections, which is described by BOL as:
Returns information about the connections established to this...
2010-04-29
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A Identity Bug
Someone asked an interesting question recently. If they had this code:
if OBJECT_ID('aa') is not null
drop table aa
create table...
2010-04-29
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News
If you follow me on Twitter or are my friend on Facebook, you might already know the news. I am joining...
2010-04-29
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PASS Update #29
By the time you read this we’ll have completed the transfer of the SQLSaturday web sites and data to PASS...
2010-04-29
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SQLSaturday #41 - Atlanta Session Recap
Last Saturday, April 24, I presented my session, Why I Use Stored Procedures and You Should Too, at SQLSaturday #41-Atlanta, see...
2010-04-29
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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