Running to the PASS Summit
Well, not literally. I’m not going to run to Seattle from Denver, but I’ll be running at the Summit.
Last year...
2009-10-30
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Blog Posts
Twitter SQLBingo at the PASS Community Summit
Who are the people in your SQL neighborhood?
Stuart Ainsworth (Blog, Twitter), Brent Ozar (Blog, Twitter), and some other really bright...
2009-10-30
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When Technical Support Fails You
I have had the pleasure of being a vendor, and technical support for both hardware and software products. I know...
2009-10-30
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Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives – In Seattle
If you’re going to spend 3-5 days in Seattle at the PASS Summit it’s worth sampling the local food rather...
2009-10-29
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Don’t Be This Guy
I have a sad story to tell you. Sit down and grab a tissue.
It was 10pm on a cool night...
2009-10-29
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Featured Blogger: Aaron Bertrand
I’ve been reading Aaron’s blog for a while, he’s prolific and consistently interesting – and definitely a technical focus. He’s been...
2009-10-29
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More Seattle Food
Was browsing on a break and found this, http://www.seattle.com/dining/. Of them I’ve been to Palomino (good) and Ruths Chris (good),...
2009-10-29
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My PASS Summit 2009 Schedule
Hooray! The PASS Summit is upon us (finally)! Here's what my plans look like for next week:
Monday
My week starts...
2009-10-29
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Need an Aircard for a Few Days?
Ran across this, http://daypasswireless.com/, lets you rent an aircard plus service. Don’t know if it’s too late for those of...
2009-10-29
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OFF-TOPIC: More about the pregnancy
Quite a few folks have commented about my previous post about missing the PASS Summit, whether publicly or in private....
2009-10-29
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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