SQL Bits Conference to Run Three Days
The next SQL Bits conference, the largest SQL Server conference in Europe, will be held at the Celtic Manor Resort...
2009-09-03
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Blog Posts
Survival: How a Culture of Preparedness Can You and Your Family From Disasters
Picked up Survival: How a Culture of Preparedness from the local library on a whim without looking at anything except...
2009-09-03
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Thoughts on the 24 hours of PASS
From all indications, the first 24 hours of PASS was a resounding success. Hundreds of attendees for each session, minimal...
2009-09-03
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Use the Best Tool for the Task - Part 2
Yesterday I posted about how Transact-SQL was better suited than SMO for gathering details about database files for a database...
2009-09-03
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Warming up Analysis Services with Preallocate
With Windows Server 2003 many people found that Analysis Services (SSAS) was slow to get going sometimes. So a preallocate...
2009-09-03
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24 Hours of PASS was an Adventure
On July 21, just a few short weeks ago, I got an e-mail from Rick Heiges, who is on the...
2009-09-02
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Article of the Week – SQL Server 2008 T-SQL Enhancements
I have been following this series of articles since the first article was published on SQLServerCentral. The author, Arshad Ali,...
2009-09-02
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Building a Better Blog
I had a great session for the 24 Hours of PASS on Building a Better Blog. Not sure how well...
2009-09-02
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Data Type Synonyms
Today on sql server central QOD. very interesting question on Data Type Synonyms...
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/questions/Programming/67390/
We can use the synonyms data type also...
2009-09-02
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Finally Migrating from SQL 2000
I suspect I’m not alone in that I’ve had SQL 2000 running for a long time with no problems and...
2009-09-02
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Blogs
AI Model Size, Parameters and Download
By Steve Jones
At SQL Saturday Boston 2025, I gave a presentation on local LLMs and there...
Expanding Your DBA Horizons: Installing PostgreSQL in a Home Lab
By gbargsley
Are you diversifying your DBA skillset? My recent job search made one thing clear:...
Back in the EU
By Steve Jones
I flew to Amsterdam last night and hopefully by the time this publishes I’ll...
Forums
caught off guard by some greek lettering in a warehouse feed
Hi we run 2019 standard. Our warehouse's ssis based etl is klunky but so...
Unlocking High-Concurrency Inserts in SQL Server with OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY
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Vector Datatype
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Question of the Day
Vector Datatype
The new Vector datatype in SQL Server 2025 is a binary type that has a few parameters. What parameters are required?
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