Back From Vacation and Making a Big Mistake
I actually got back from camping Sat night, but since I wasn’t scheduled to come back until Sun afternoon, I...
2009-09-28
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Blog Posts
Don't Tick Me Off...CPU Ticks
OK, there was something that Microsoft did to tick me off. SQL Server 2005 introduced us to so many exciting...
2009-09-28
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MVP book is available for preorder
Last year a large number of MVPs (mostly SQL Server) got together to write a book with all proceeds going...
2009-09-28
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Out of Space
It seems that often I see posts that say “I’m out of space on my drive, what do I do?”...
2009-09-28
1,562 reads
Reporting Services - Disable Loop Back Check
I have been installing and configuring SSRS since the initial release. I have always encountered several different caveats when upgrading...
2009-09-28
5,208 reads
Sales vs Operations
It’s probably a key stereotype of our business that the sales team doesn’t really get along with those in operations/production....
2009-09-28
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SQL Lunch Starting at 11:30 CST
If you are available for lunch today don’t forget to sign in and watch Thomas LeBlanc talk about Historical DMV...
2009-09-28
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Storing the Sun's Energy - Solar Power
I stumbled on this article about a spin-off from MIT using solar power to create hydrogen. I think it's a...
2009-09-28
1,102 reads
One Step Closer to Being a Technical Trainer
Cross posted from The Goal Keeping DBA:
This is about a long term goal that I’ve had which isn’t posted on...
2009-09-27
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Sales People & Commission
I saw this post by Neil Davidson about sales people being different that discusses how sales people are compensated and...
2009-09-27
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Blogs
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....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
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BIT_COUNT() V
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