We Are Microsoft Charity Challenge Weekend
This weekend, I had the unique opportunity to donate some time to a worthwhile charity organization. Through the efforts of...
2008-01-21
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Blog Posts
Learning to Blog via Books
I was chatting with a friend recently and in the course of 'what are you up to lately' I mentioned...
2008-01-20
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Connecting to a Reporting Services Model
There's always been some confusion about models in Reporting Services, many people ignore them thinking that they are only for...
2008-01-18
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Free Ebook Chapter(Book) - Introducing SQL Server 2008
Saw it mentioned in the recent MSPress newsletter, Peter DeBetta is writing Introducing SQL Server 2008 and right now Chapter...
2008-01-18
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MS Making .Net Framework Source Code Available
Scott Guthrie posted the announcement on his blog today. It's a 'read only' license with a few other limitations, but...
2008-01-17
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MVP Chat
My first MVP chat was today, a monthly hour long session where we have a Microsoft representative and we all...
2008-01-17
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Partitioning Part 4 Posted on SSC
Partitioning Part 4 concludes the series with a look at 'real' partitioning in SQL 2005 Enterprise Edition. Overall the series...
2008-01-17
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The Interviewer is Wrong
Michael Coles had an interesting post about a job interview a friend went on. The person answered questions correctly, but...
2008-01-17
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Sun Acquires MySQL
Just posted on Jonathan Schartz's blog. They've definitely been playing more in the open source arena, now they've got a...
2008-01-16
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Two Acquisitions of Note
Saw both of these on ComputerWorld:
Oracle buying BEA
Sun buying MySQL
It'll be interesting to see how this changes the...
2008-01-16
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Blogs
A New Word: Anderance
By Steve Jones
anderance – n. the awareness that your partner perceives the relationship from a totally...
Troubleshooting SQL Server – Starting with the Error Log
By gbargsley
We’ve all been there. Someone walks up and asks, “Is SQL Server having issues?”...
From OLTP to Analytics: Bridging the Gap with Modern SQL Architectures
By Chris Yates
In the beginning, there was OLTP – Online Transaction Processing. Fast, reliable, and ruthlessly...
Forums
Work out closing balance using opening balance of prior month
Hello, I think I need a recursive cte query but unsure of the logic....
The Security of Old Tech
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Question of the Day
Tables with a SPARSE Column and Consumption
True or False: Tables with a SPARSE column consume more space than regular columns if most values are NOT NULL.
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