SQL Saturday
I've just received notice that I will be a presenter at the upcoming SQL Saturday event in Jacksonville, Florida. I'll...
2008-03-30
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Blog Posts
How Should It Work?
I was following a debate on the new Merge syntax in SQL Server 2008 with interest. It was somewhat of...
2008-03-28
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More Code Per Module = More Bugs, But More Complex Code <> More Bugs?
SDTimes has an article up about Debunking Cyclomatic Complexity that talks about the results of some research that supports what I...
2008-03-28
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Shhhh!! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Select *!!
Who's bad?
"Select *" is bad. Everyone knows it, but everyone still uses it. I use it. Most of the time it...
2008-03-28
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Shhhh!! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Select *!!
"Select *" is bad. Everyone knows it, but everyone still uses it. I use it. Most of the time it is...
2008-03-28
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The Shadow Knows What Procedures Lurk in the SQL Plan Cache
How do you know what procedures are cached in SQL Server? Simple, just ask, and SQL Server will tell you.You...
2008-03-28
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Getting Reporting Services to work on Vista
I recently ordered a new laptop and this one came with Windows Vista Ultimate. I knew about having to install...
2008-03-26
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More Thoughts on LINQ to SQL
At the recent Orlando Code Camp I had the opportunity to spend a good bit of time discussing LINQ to...
2008-03-26
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Notes About our Raffle of the One Laptop Per Child Laptop at Orlando Code Camp
I've blogged about the OLPC project a couple times already, not as a political statement but just as a fascinating...
2008-03-24
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Orlando Code Code Follow Up
Although attendance was down this year (around 280 attendees) due to it being held Easter weekend, I thought this was...
2008-03-23
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Blogs
Microsoft Build event announcements
By James Serra
There were a number of data platform announcements at Microsoft Build yesterday that I...
Data is not immutable
Information — in the form of data — usually stored as binary 1s and...
Daily Coping 25 May 2022
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Forums
SQL Server Data Discovery and Classification - times out...
The powers that be have commanded that we implement data classification because... well, to...
How to Navigate through folders to find .zip file
Is there any script task in SSIS to find the zip files under each...
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