Expense Reporting
I got a $25 app card with my iTouch, and forgot about it. However when we had guests over last...
2009-09-07
471 reads
Blog Posts
MIF Busters
Management Information Format (MIF) files are formatted text files containing additional information about hardware and software components. The MIF format originated...
2009-09-07
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Running with more permissions
Recently someone was asking how they could execute some ALTER DATABASE commands without requiring sysadmin permissions. This person's company didn't...
2009-09-07
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SQLPSX Developer Blog
Powershell enthusiast, DBA and new SQL Server PowerShell Extensions developer Mike Shepard started a blog. Mike addresses a common question...
2009-09-07
488 reads
Uploading a List of Names For a LinkedIn Group
It’s been a couple months since we set up the OPASS group on LinkedIN and we’ve had some people join,...
2009-09-07
291 reads
Workaholics Anonymous – Providing A Development/Deployment Management Template on Labour Day
As mentioned by Phil Factor during the previous post’s comments regarding an example disaster recovery template/plan, and to keep in...
2009-09-07
1,928 reads
Tampa Code Camp Date Announced
The next Tampa Code Camp will be Nov 7th, 2009 at the KForce Building in Tampa. For the first time...
2009-09-06
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e-Readers - $50?
I don’t think this survey was done well. Most people want an e-reader for $50, according to the survey. That’s...
2009-09-05
510 reads
Networking Successes
Over the last few weeks I’ve had several instances where I’ve had to learn new things and, in my struggles,...
2009-09-05
472 reads
Product Review: SQL Pretty Printer
SQL Pretty Printer for SQL Server Management Studio $39.95 single user $99.95 site license
having coding standards is a must for...
2009-09-05
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Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
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...
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