Book Review: Rolling Thunder
Rolling Thunder ($7.99 @ Amazon) by John Varley is the third book in the series. I previously reviewed Red Thunder and...
2009-07-02
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Blog Posts
HP Mini Netbook – Day 2
I arrived in Richmond, VA this morning earlier than expected. I was meeting a few people and things were pushed...
2009-07-02
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How to Become an Exceptional DBA, 2nd Edition, Now Available Free
About a year ago, the first edition of my book, How to Become an Exceptional DBA, was published. It was...
2009-07-01
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HP Netbook 1030NR Setup
Unpacking the netbook was pretty simple. Open it, grab the large one page poster, and then the netbook. There were...
2009-07-01
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HP Netbook Mini 1030NR
It was not what I expected. When I was leaving for a run this morning, I decided to apply an...
2009-07-01
1,320 reads
Powershell SQL Server Backup/Restore
I posted a script on Poshcode for doing backups and restores of SQL Server databases using SMO. The script is...
2009-07-01
2,146 reads
Stack Overflow, Server Fault, and SSC
Steve Jones sent me a link to a presentation Joel Spolsky did at Google about Stack Overflow (SO) and it’s...
2009-07-01
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The Best Thing I Learned At PASS
Note: I'm writing this as part of the "Best Thing I Learned At PASS" contest. Why? Because if I win...
2009-07-01
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Transaction Rollbacks with Identity Values
Have you ever noticed unexpected gaps in sequences in IDENTITY columns? Even though you’ve got transactions set up for your...
2009-07-01
10,018 reads
Connector Editorial for July 1, 2009
I currently write the editorial for the PASS Connector which is published every two weeks as part of my role...
2009-06-30
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Blogs
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...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
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