"Just smile and wave, boys. Smile and wave."
If you're not familiar with the reference, it comes from the movie Madagascar and the subsequent sequel and TV series...
2009-08-13
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Blog Posts
Getting Into The Biz, Part 2
In a previous blog post, I began writing about how one might start a career as a database professional, and...
2009-08-13
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Microsoft at the PASS Summit
One of the reasons that I think the PASS Summit fits well in Seattle is the support that they get...
2009-08-13
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SQL Server Standard Writing Guidelines
Well, actually, these are the guidelines for submitting anything to SQLPASS, but it includes the guidelines for SQL Server Standard....
2009-08-13
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SQLSaturday #17 - Baton Rouge Session Evaluations
I guess I did a good job, with all 3s and 4s in my eval (meaning good and great) for...
2009-08-13
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Upgrading To Windows 7
Well I spent most of this past Saturday upgrading my Laptop to Windows 7 Ultimate, which I have to say...
2009-08-13
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Upgrading your skills from SQL 2005 to SQL 2008......
Greetings, ALL:
As more and more companies get on board and begin to adapt SQL Server 2008, what is the best...
2009-08-13
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Database is in Transition
One of my clients called saying they were receiving the following error when trying to access a database: "Error 952...
2009-08-12
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Design can be too simple
I've advocated simple design for years, trying to give users less choice, help lead them down paths to get their...
2009-08-12
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Excellent Blog List
For the one or two you that are not reading Buck Woody’s blog (and why aren’t you), you may not...
2009-08-12
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Blogs
The CDO’s Playbook for AI Driven Decision Making
By Chris Yates
The New Arena of Leadership The role of the Chief Data Officer is no...
sp_snapshot – The easy way to take database snapshots of one or more databases – V3.0
Presenting you with an updated version of our sp_snapshot procedure, allowing you to easily...
SELECT *
SELECT * feels convenient, but in SQL Server it bloats I/O, burns network bandwidth,...
Forums
combining a param value with widcards in a foreach loop files property
Hi, it isnt clear from the web if something like this should work as...
Extract sql data in psh
# Load ImportExcel module Import-Module ImportExcel -ErrorAction Stop # File paths $outFile = "C:\Reports\SQLReport.xlsx"...
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...
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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