Why Format TSQL?
Recently I had the chance to help a student debug a problem on a production server. It appeared to be...
2008-06-29
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Blog Posts
More Kindle
I'm still on the fence here about a Kindle. I pinged someone that bought one and he said they're returning...
2008-06-26
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Volunteering
Recently I was visiting with an old acquaintance and one of the topics that came up was volunteers. At some...
2008-06-26
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One Note - Part II
Apparently other people like One Note. Microsoft is using it for learning content, and I think that's a cool idea....
2008-06-25
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SQLSaturday Call for Speakers - Cleveland & Olympia
Call for speakers is open for SQLSaturday #5 in Olympia, WA on Oct 10 (note that the MS BI conference...
2008-06-25
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Employee or 1099?
My friend Wes Dumey does a lot of work in the business intelligence sector as a contract employee and has...
2008-06-24
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SSWUG Virtual Conference II
Today is day one of the SSWUG SQL Server Virtual Conference II. This has been really fun so far. Our...
2008-06-24
1,516 reads
Microsoft BI Conference Oct 6-8, 2008
Had missed the announcement, came up in conversation yesterday with a friend, the BI conference will be Oct 6-8 in...
2008-06-23
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Notes on My Visit to Birmingham SQL Group
Spent last Tues/Wed in Birmingham, speaking at the user group Tuesday night and then presenting a seminar on Wed. Attendance...
2008-06-22
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One Note
Lately I've been trying out a few new pieces of software to see how well they work. One is Twitter,...
2008-06-20
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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This Week's AI Trust Problem Became Everyone’s Problem
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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