SQL Saturday
I've just received notice that I will be a presenter at the upcoming SQL Saturday event in Jacksonville, Florida. I'll...
2008-03-30
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Blog Posts
How Should It Work?
I was following a debate on the new Merge syntax in SQL Server 2008 with interest. It was somewhat of...
2008-03-28
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More Code Per Module = More Bugs, But More Complex Code <> More Bugs?
SDTimes has an article up about Debunking Cyclomatic Complexity that talks about the results of some research that supports what I...
2008-03-28
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Shhhh!! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Select *!!
Who's bad?
"Select *" is bad. Everyone knows it, but everyone still uses it. I use it. Most of the time it...
2008-03-28
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Shhhh!! Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting Select *!!
"Select *" is bad. Everyone knows it, but everyone still uses it. I use it. Most of the time it is...
2008-03-28
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The Shadow Knows What Procedures Lurk in the SQL Plan Cache
How do you know what procedures are cached in SQL Server? Simple, just ask, and SQL Server will tell you.You...
2008-03-28
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Getting Reporting Services to work on Vista
I recently ordered a new laptop and this one came with Windows Vista Ultimate. I knew about having to install...
2008-03-26
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More Thoughts on LINQ to SQL
At the recent Orlando Code Camp I had the opportunity to spend a good bit of time discussing LINQ to...
2008-03-26
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Notes About our Raffle of the One Laptop Per Child Laptop at Orlando Code Camp
I've blogged about the OLPC project a couple times already, not as a political statement but just as a fascinating...
2008-03-24
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Orlando Code Code Follow Up
Although attendance was down this year (around 280 attendees) due to it being held Easter weekend, I thought this was...
2008-03-23
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Blogs
Microsoft announces new cybersecurity AI multi-model
By Brian Kelley
Yesterday, July 27, 2026, Microsoft announced a new cybersecurity effort called Project Perception. Included...
Getting the SQL Server MCP Server Running
By Steve Jones
If you’ve wanted a SQL Server MCP server for your databases, it’s available. The...
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits III
On SQL Server 2025, does DBCC CHECKDB support Memory-Optimized tables?
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