Another Presentation Down
This evening I had the opportunity to once again give a presentation at our local SQL Uses Group (SSSOLV). I...
2010-03-12
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Blog Posts
Business needs vs dirty reads
I have worked in many industries, but most of my time has been in the publishing industry. For those not...
2010-03-12
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Don’t Be a Shock Jock
One of the dangers of being an “Internet Journalist” or even just a blogger, is that you might compromise who...
2010-03-12
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Great Turnout for The Montreal XV's First Practice - Rugby XV de Montréal Première pratique
The Montreal XV Rugby Club (rejuvinating the Rugby Football Club name from the 1920s) first practice was the other night at Collège Marie...
2010-03-12
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My Experience with a Virtual Assistant using TimeSvr
Predicting the future with bold certainty is not for the faint of heart. It’s a hard job. A few get...
2010-03-12
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No Green Compromises
I saw this blog about an Accenture survey of potential car buyers. It mentions that people likely won’t buy a...
2010-03-12
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Operation: Dinner Different
My wife and I try to have dinner out every other week or so, but we tend to fall into...
2010-03-12
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Orlando Code Camp – March 27, 2010
I’ll be attending and speaking at the Orlando Code Camp on March 27, 2010 at Seminole State College along with...
2010-03-12
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SCSUG March Meeting Recap
The Monsoon
My trip to the meeting, short as it was, involved some of the worst driving conditions I've ever personally...
2010-03-12
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Solving All Versus (Select All) SSRS End User Confusion
When developing reports that use Analysis Services as a data source end user can sometimes be confused about some of...
2010-03-12
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Blogs
The CDO’s Playbook for AI Driven Decision Making
By Chris Yates
The New Arena of Leadership The role of the Chief Data Officer is no...
sp_snapshot – The easy way to take database snapshots of one or more databases – V3.0
Presenting you with an updated version of our sp_snapshot procedure, allowing you to easily...
SELECT *
SELECT * feels convenient, but in SQL Server it bloats I/O, burns network bandwidth,...
Forums
combining a param value with widcards in a foreach loop files property
Hi, it isnt clear from the web if something like this should work as...
Extract sql data in psh
# Load ImportExcel module Import-Module ImportExcel -ErrorAction Stop # File paths $outFile = "C:\Reports\SQLReport.xlsx"...
caught off guard by some greek lettering in a warehouse feed
Hi we run 2019 standard. Our warehouse's ssis based etl is klunky but so...
Question of the Day
Vector Datatype
The new Vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 is a binary type that has a few parameters. What parameters are required?
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