A View Variable
I saw that Erland Sommerskag posted a Connect item that asked for a "View Variable" to be added to the...
2008-05-09
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Blog Posts
A little fun with SSIS Expression Language
The SSIS expression language is a powerful yet enigmatic entity. Once you get used to its syntax - which is part...
2008-05-08
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Follow Up Notes on SQLSaturday #3
Our most recent SQLSaturday went well, but there is always room for improvement. Here are my notes from this event:
The...
2008-05-08
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Kindle Research - Procs and Cons with the Sony Reader
After the editorial on the Kindle, which got quite a few responses, I've continued to look around and research things....
2008-05-08
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ACM, 5 Year Anniversary, and Customer Service
Time moves by and I was surprised to get a coffee mug in the mail from ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)...
2008-05-07
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Thoughts on SQL Saturday in Jacksonville
I was able this Saturday to head down to Jacksonville and speak at the SQL Saturday there. There were a...
2008-05-07
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One More SQL Feature Wish
It would be handy to have a checkbox/SET option/something that would tell SQL not to cache plans run in a...
2008-05-06
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Photos from SQL Saturday
Check out the photos from SQL Saturday 3 - Jacksonville:
http://tim-mitchell.spaces.live.com/
2008-05-06
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SQL Backup 5 (Red Gate)
So after many months of trudging through native SQL Server backups for new mission-critical application I'm deploying, I have decided...
2008-05-06
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Will You Host the Next SQLSaturday?
How to have more SQLSaturdays?
Over the past year we've been working on the ambitious goal of building a national franchise...
2008-05-06
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
Comments posted to this topic are about the item GPX distance and time analysis...
The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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