Identity Issues
Have you ever received the following Error when developing your ETL or working with data cleanup?
Msg 544, Level 16, State...
2009-11-06
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Blog Posts
Montreal as a City State: Can a DBA Go Beyond their Workplace to Provoke Change in their Region?
I am very impressed with Michel David’s work, and openly endorse much of his great piece of work at MontrealCityState.ca...
2009-11-06
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OFF-TOPIC: Surviving, Missing Folks, Glad I'm Home
I certainly wish circumstances were different and I would have been able to attend the PASS Summit this week. I...
2009-11-06
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PASS Summit 2009 Day 3
The day started off with a mixed bag. First we had an honestly tearful farewell with Wayne Snyder saying goodbye to...
2009-11-06
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Tampa Code Camp
Looking forward to a great Tamp Code Camp tomorrow. My first code camp. I’ve had some great experiences at the...
2009-11-06
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PASS Conference 2009 Oddities and Curiosities
Down on the docks in Seattle there's a shop of oddities and curiosities where one can find things like a...
2009-11-05
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Let the Learning Begin
Finally time for the sessions to begin after a day and a half in Seattle being overwhelmed by the people...
2009-11-05
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New Pricing and Editions For SQL Server 2008 R2
Mary-Jo Foley recently posted about some announcements about SQL Server 2008 R2 out of the PASS Summit. There will be...
2009-11-05
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PASS Day 3 – PASS Summit 2009
Started the day at 6:30 at Top Pot with a meeting about SQLSaturday over coffee and it really ended up...
2009-11-05
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PASS Summit - David DeWitt Keynote
Microsoft sent Dr. David DeWitt to do the last keynote of the PASS Summit. He's a technical fellow in the...
2009-11-05
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers