A Bad Karma Project
We've had a project underway to upgrade these blogs, moving to a newer version of Community Server, better skinned, etc....
2008-07-25
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Blog Posts
Blogging Thoughts - Part 2
Earlier I wrote Blogging Thoughts - Part 1 where I discussed the various approaches I've seen in blogs (blogging when you...
2008-07-24
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Midlands PASS August Meeting
Speaker: Darren Herbold
Midlands PASS Chapter - August 7, 2008 Meeting
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally scheduled meeting on Thursday, August 7,...
2008-07-24
1,584 reads
Tool Review: TaskSwitchXP
For longer than I care to count I've used the Alt-Tab Powertoy from MS to get a nicer view of...
2008-07-23
1,292 reads
Blogging Thoughts - Part 1
One of the things I've been looking at is different blogging styles and trying to figure out which to recommend...
2008-07-22
1,328 reads
Building Better VMs
The other day I fired up my old desktop, intending to use it as background in the podcasts. It gave...
2008-07-22
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Disabling Indexes Published on SQLServerCentral.com
It's been a while since I had anything up on SSC, a combination of Steve being in good shape on...
2008-07-22
488 reads
Tool Review: Password Safe
I think we all struggle to keep up with various credentials needed to live our internet lives (single sign on...
2008-07-21
543 reads
Delayed gratification
Call me odd, but I enjoy taking certification tests. It may be that I've always tested well, or perhaps it's...
2008-07-20
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Why Are Stored Procedures Too Hard?
Recently I was going through the buy or build process on a small segment of functionality needed for a project,...
2008-07-20
855 reads
Blogs
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...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
Forums
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
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Designing SQL Server Pipelines That Are Ready for AI Before You Actually Need AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Designing SQL Server Pipelines That...
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