The Root of all Evil
Or “Shot gun query tuning”
There have been a fair few forums questions in recent months asking for help in removing...
2010-03-11
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Blog Posts
Using a Report Subscription with User Authentication
This question comes up quite often. A report requires a user to be authenticated using
their own network user name and...
2010-03-11
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Help Us Update the PASS Blog Directory
We put this together last year and we’re up to 270 blogs listed, but I’m sure we’re still missing some,...
2010-03-10
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Keeping Up with PASS
I have often found it a little hard to keep up with PASS news, but after a little research, I...
2010-03-10
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Location of the PASS Summit
There has been some discussion recently around the location of the PASS Summit. The debate was centered on the results...
2010-03-10
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March OPASS Meeting Recap
We had a great turnout of 25 people for last night’s OPASS Meeting sponsored by Quest Software.
We started the meeting...
2010-03-10
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More posts coming soon...
Haven't been around for a while, but doing some interesting work with Database Refactoring and Effective Dating...more posts coming soon....
2010-03-10
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PASS Summit to Stay in Seattle
PASS has released the survey results as well as its decision about where to hold future Summit events. The decision...
2010-03-10
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SQLIse A Powershell Based SQL Server Query Tool
SQL Server Powershell Powershell Extensions (SQLPSX) has been updated to version 2.1. The most notable change is the addition of...
2010-03-10
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The Key at SQL Saturday #33
For the handover of SQLSaturday to PASS, Rushabh Metha, President of PASS, came to the Charlotte SQL Saturday, where Andy...
2010-03-10
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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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