The Future Looks Old
I grew up watching the syndicated version of Star Trek every evening as a kid, 12-14 and dreamed of being...
2009-01-09
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Blog Posts
Windows 7 Beta Delayed
Looks like the Windows 7 beta download has been delayed while Microsoft adds additional infrastructure support. A little disappointing but I...
2009-01-09
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Core supports SQL Server
First saw this because Jason Massietwittered about it. But apparently there are enough bits of the .NET Framework in R2...
2009-01-09
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AlphaSmart Neo
I ran across the AlphaSmart Neo in The Writer magazine. It's a $219 "laptop" that is for writing only, basically...
2009-01-08
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Batting 1000
Nobody bats 1.000, or one thousand. Not in baseball and not in any aspect of life. You might be able...
2009-01-08
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CS Techcast 57/Phone Interviews Are Hard
I've been meaning to do this for a year, finally caught up with Eric Johnson of Consortio Services to do...
2009-01-08
716 reads
Windows 7 Beta Release Friday
Tomorrow Microsoft will make Windows 7 beta available for download. I’m a little skeptical but I think just about anyone...
2009-01-08
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Analysis Services 2005 Deployment Wizard - Built by Design (Bug)
We use the Analysis Services Deployment Wizard when moving our cubes from Dev to QA and then QA to Prod. ...
2009-01-07
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Measuring My Goals
Yesterday I wrote about some goals for 2009 here at SQLServerCentral. It’s a list of stuff that I want to...
2009-01-07
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Networking - Part 2
Yesterday I started discussing networking and the idea that it's time invested with no guarantee of a return on that...
2009-01-07
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Blogs
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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