Picking a Branch
Do you know that there are actually two branches of SQL Server 2008 code right now? Actually I would bet...
2009-11-27
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Blog Posts
Adios
If all goes well, by the time you read this on Thanksgiving I’ll be up in the mountains of Colorado....
2009-11-26
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Book Review: Let’s Create (for children)
I’m fond of browsing the discount shelf at the bookstore, it’s another way to see books that I might otherwise...
2009-11-26
580 reads
Ft. Worth SQL Server User Group Meeting Recap
I’d like to say thanks to Andy and Judith over at the Ft. Worth SQL Server User Group for having...
2009-11-26
775 reads
Ola Hallengren Updates Free Database Maintenance Scripts to Support SQLBackup 6.3
Ola Hallengren has recently updated his popular free SQL Server database maintenance scripts to support the newest point release of...
2009-11-26
1,440 reads
PASS European Conference 2010 Call for Speakers is Open
If you are interested in speaking at the PASS European Conference 2010, to be held in Neuss, Germany, April 21-23,...
2009-11-26
585 reads
A good way to learn
I have noticed that one of the best way to learn about a certain topic is to write an article...
2009-11-25
702 reads
Cleaning out Tempdb
I saw a post recently about the tempdb being overly large and causing issues for a user. The person was...
2009-11-25
2,281 reads
In Charge
I had to run our weekly conference call this week. My boss is out of the office, but he’s been...
2009-11-25
743 reads
More on DBAs and Local Administrator Rights
I'm looking over the comments about DBAs and local Administrator rights and I noticed an interesting trend: no one discussed...
2009-11-25
2,603 reads
Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Forums
The New World Of AI Robots
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New World Of AI...
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
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