Journey to trouble-shoot Error 5042 (cannot remove a file xxx because it is not empty)
I was working on a table partition management task yesterday. The table is partitioned on a datetime column, and each...
2009-08-10
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Blog Posts
Networking for Your Career
It's hard to actually put a specific value on networking, and I've been skeptical of it in the past. However...
2009-08-10
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Notes on SQLSaturday #16
I went down to Miramar Fri morning, taking the loooong drive from Sarasota across Alligator Alley on I-75. Miles of...
2009-08-10
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Social Networking: Where Do I Start?
In a blog post a few weeks ago, I wrote about social networking in the SQL Server community. I was...
2009-08-10
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What's new in Sql server 2008
Hi...Finally... the Complete Enterprise product sql server 2008 is a great product, it has everything includes features which other competitors...
2009-08-10
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Why Use Named Pipes?
The other day a colleague and I were shadowing a vendor who was installing their 3rd party application on a...
2009-08-10
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Microsoft Thrive
I was introduced to the Thrive program when my user group held a Thrive event back in March. Since then...
2009-08-09
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Office 2007 Pro Plus Installation Issues
Since I have an MSDN subscription I downloaded Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit this past week. I installed it on my...
2009-08-09
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Saying Goodbye to the Last Windows XP x64 Install Remaining
As far as operating systems go, I can be pretty conservative with respect to what operating system I chose to have at...
2009-08-09
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SQL Saturday South Florida
Saturday I had the great opportunity to speak at SQL Saturday in South Florida. The event was great. It was...
2009-08-09
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Blogs
Houston AI-Lytics 2026–Powerpoint Slides
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my session on running a Local LLM. If you...
The Book of Redgate: Do the Right Things
By Steve Jones
I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve...
GenAI vs Dashboards: Not the Same (And Never Will Be)
By James Serra
There’s a question I’ve been hearing more and more lately, especially as Copilot, Fabric,...
Forums
T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: JSON_ARRAYAGG
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Spring Connections and Learning at PASS On Tour
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Multiple Sequence Values
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Question of the Day
Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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