Alabama Code Camp 8 on Jan 23, 2010
My friend Ryan Duclos just sent me a reminder about the upcoming Alabama Code Camp on January 23, 2010, in...
2009-12-14
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Blog Posts
Mentoring process - How to be a good protégé
I'm reading As Iron Sharpens Iron, which is a classic book on Christian mentoring. Written by Dr. Howard Hendricks and...
2009-12-14
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PASS Update #21
In Update #20 I mentioned that I was hoping to get the chapters portfolio for 2010. A few weeks have...
2009-12-14
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Pearl Knowledge Solutions on A CIO’s Voice
The CIO’s Voice, a blog written by Arun Manansingh, has been mentioned in a number of articles I’ve seen as...
2009-12-14
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Repaired
It’s done, though I’m nervous about my laptop repair. The last entry on the machine prior to shipping is “repl...
2009-12-14
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Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta v2.0
The Denver Tech Trifecta is set for February 27, 2010 at Metro State College in downtown Denver. If you are...
2009-12-14
445 reads
Tally Table - Character Date Validation
Tally (or numbers) tables are one of my favorite query writing tools. Such a simple premise that can be applied...
2009-12-14
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Tips on SQL Server Fixed Roles
Both of my tips are up on MSSQLTips.com on fixed roles. You can find them here:
Understanding SQL Server Fixed Database...
2009-12-14
814 reads
What is Your Biggest Weakness?
I was tagged by Ken Simmons (@kensimmons) in the blog chain started by David Stein (@made2mentor). Here’s Ken’s post and...
2009-12-14
506 reads
Energy Update - Wind Power Picking Up
It must be picking up again, despite the lack of a sharp rise in energy prices, I am seeing more...
2009-12-13
453 reads
Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
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...
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