More Information for Prospective PASS Speakers
If you have already submitted an abstract for the 2009 PASS Community Summit, or you are still thinking about it,...
2009-04-02
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday Jacksonville call for speakers
If you’re available and are (or can be) in the Jacksonville FL area the first weekend of next month, check...
2009-04-02
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SQLSaturday #11 Tacoma - Cancelled
Just head from Greg Larsen yesterday that he just ran out of time to put things together. As I've mentioned...
2009-04-02
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Why Tape is Good
I write an editorial about why I thought tape still had a place in backups. There were some interesting responses...
2009-04-02
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bedpost - It's Business Time
Further off topic than usual, but I ran across this as I browsed Springwise after a friend suggested it might...
2009-04-01
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Congratulations to Grant Fritchey
He was awarded MVP status today, no joke, for his work in the community.
According to his blog, it’s not a...
2009-04-01
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Congratulations to MVP Grant Fritchey
Announced today on his blog at http://scarydba.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/mvp/. Well earned in my opinion between his participation with PASS, SSC, and his...
2009-04-01
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LinkedIn - Part 2
Recently I posted LinkedIn (part 1) about my efforts to better understand and use it as a networking platform. It...
2009-04-01
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Moving to MySQL
It’s time. After years of building this site to work with SQL Server, I sold it to Red Gate Software....
2009-04-01
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Undocumented Trace Flag Improves Performance By Up To 25%
As a production DBA I love to tweak things to optimal perfection. After all, if I paid for the hardware...
2009-04-01
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Blogs
AI in SQL Server vs PostgreSQL: Vector Search, Embeddings, and RAG Compared
Both SQL Server and PostgreSQL are moving fast into AI territory — and if...
Monday Monitor Tips: AI Alert Analysis
By Steve Jones
We keep adding new AI capabilities to Redgate Monitor, where it makes sense. Check...
From SQL Saturday to Day of Data
By ReviewMyDB
A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday,...
Forums
Install SQL Scripts via GUI Wizard
Hallo all! My problem is this: I have quite a bunch of TSQL scripts...
Converting Money
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non ascii columns in a utf-8 .txt file
hi, we couldnt get our upstream data source developers to supply what is sometimes...
Question of the Day
Converting Money
Does this run successfully on a SQL Server 2022, US English default installation?
DECLARE @YenAmount MONEY; SET @YenAmount = ¥1500; SELECT @YenAmount AS RawValue;See possible answers