Red Gate SQL Response Review is up
Full Disclosure: I did receive a trial version of the software and payment for the review. I am also a...
2008-10-08
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Blog Posts
Take the Plunge - Why Did I Write This?
Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren
to write a bit about why I wrote something. I...
2008-10-08
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Tethering vs Air Card & Other Miscellaneous Phone Thoughts
I've been using a Blackberry Curve for a while and I'm been entirely happy with it. Great phone, great battery...
2008-10-08
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Always more to do
My current "to do" list, which is only partially written down and organized. Putting it all one one list is...
2008-10-07
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Can't Attend SQL Server Training in Person, Consider Virtual Training
I am one of the biggest advocates there is of self-education. Whether you are a novice, intermediate, or expert-level DBA,...
2008-10-07
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Database Administration Librarian
If I cannot find a book or info in a library, I always go to a librarian for advice and...
2008-10-07
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Do You Love PASS?
Recently Tony Davis posted some thoughts (almost a rant) about his opinions of PASS, and there is a great follow...
2008-10-07
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Rendering code nicely in blogs and forums.
I wrote the prettifier specifically to help with posting SQL into blogs and forums. You can find it here http://extras.sqlservercentral.com/prettifier/prettifier.aspx...
2008-10-07
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The Best Database Engine - Why Did I Write This?
Why did I write this? I got challenged by Andy Warren
to write a bit about why I wrote something. I...
2008-10-07
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The Call for Nominations to the SQL PASS Board of Directors is Now Open Until October 24, 2008
If you have ever considered taking a leadership role in PASS, you should seriously consider becoming a SQL PASS board...
2008-10-07
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Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Forums
SQL Server 2019 - Agent job PowerShell step issue
I have a couple of SQL Agent job steps which run PowerShell commands of...
Database security permissions save script
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Database security permissions save script
Database backup job steps
I have a SQL Agent job for backing up a set of Analysis Services...
Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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