HP Data Protector - SQL Server 2008 Supported, but Compatibility Pack 2005 Required
Recently, we found out that HP Data Protector had an update, and I took for granted that this update would...
2010-03-31
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Blog Posts
Index Info
I recently came across an interesting script to help show index info and usage. As I began to dissect the...
2010-03-31
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Intel Xeon 7500 Series aka Nehalem-EX
Intel has finally released the long awaited (at least by me) 45nm Xeon 7500 series processor. This beast has eight...
2010-03-31
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The Vacation Crash
The family returned back from the UK last night, after traveling for something like 14 hours, plus an early morning...
2010-03-31
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Auditing Report Executions with Free Source Code
Have you been looking for a way to measure report performance? Want to know who accesses your reports most frequently? ...
2010-03-30
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Building a Wiki
I’ve long admired the value that I get from Wikipedia and like the concept of crowd sourcing knowledge, just never...
2010-03-30
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Didn't I Just Post about Slipstream making Installs Easier?
So the other day I posted, Slipstream - Makes installs simple, and this afternoon I needed to do a SQL Server...
2010-03-30
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FizzBuzz Revisited
I had bigger plans for this series than what has transpired. I think that is a testament as to how...
2010-03-30
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2010-03-30
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Instructables Contest: Paracord
Instructables has a Paracord contest going that requires some portion of a project include paracord (often referred to as 550...
2010-03-30
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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
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