PASS 2008 Day 4 (Thursday)
I couldn't muster the enthusiasm for a keynote today, so I went for a walk, stopping first for a doughnut...
2008-11-20
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Blog Posts
PASS Summit 2008
It’s been a great week at PASS thus far and many others have written on their experiences so I’ll do...
2008-11-20
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PASS Summit 2008 - Thur PASS Opening
The morning keynote opening was good. We had video of the conference playing here and there, the election candidate positions...
2008-11-20
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PASS Summit 2008 - Tom Casey
He's the manager for BI, the General Manager, and he's here to talk about the challenge and promise of Pervasive...
2008-11-20
1,186 reads
A Dark Picture - Management Presentation
It was really Andy Warren's presentation, but he usually ropes me in to add a different perspective on the various...
2008-11-19
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PASS 2008 Day 2 (Tuesday)
I spent most of yesterday in the PASS volunteer training. It's not really training, more of a gathering of volunteers...
2008-11-19
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PASS Summit 2008 - Ted Kummert Keynote
A film clip opening from MS, quotes and short sound bites from a variety of people from he SQL Server...
2008-11-19
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PASS Summit 2008 - Wayne Snyder Keynote
With the dimming of lights, the drone of "Born to be Wild" from Steppenwolf, and an opening film slip of...
2008-11-19
942 reads
A Lovely Handbag
I don't mean to comlpain, and I certainly don't need any more bags, but when I checked in Monday night...
2008-11-18
644 reads
How many mirrored databases can I have on a server?
How many mirrrored databases can I have on a server?
10 mirrored databases per server is the recommendation for a 32...
2008-11-18
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Blogs
The Benefits of Teaching
By Brian Kelley
Even preparing for a class or seminar with set materials takes a lot of...
Power BI, Excel, OneLake – Dreams Do Come True!
By DataOnWheels
I can’t believe it’s finally here! A way to have Excel live in OneDrive...
The Book of Redgate: What Our Staff Says
By Steve Jones
This image is from 2010, and it goes along with my last post of...
Forums
Help! MEMORY_ALLOCATION_EXT wait stalls
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Unlocking Data Transformation: My journey with dbt (Data Build Tool) on SQL Server
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Putting the Player with the Number
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Question of the Day
Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix', @num VARCHAR = '10' SELECT @player || @numSee possible answers