The Business of Publishing
Despite my casual approach to the editorials and my job, this is still
something of a business and Red Gate wants...
2007-07-10
631 reads
Blog Posts
CTEs and where have I been?
I haven't posted much lately, but it has been a busy few months with many family activities. At work, I...
2007-07-09
439 reads
DDL Triggers and CREATE_LOGIN/ALTER_LOGIN
I've been doing a lot with DDL triggers in the last week or so and pulling out the relevant information...
2007-07-09
1,148 reads
The Perils of NewID for Randomizing Results
NewID() is commonly used in the order by to return the result set in random fashion. No idea whether its...
2007-07-09
907 reads
Wiki For Books Online
Browsing MSDN this morning and saw the note that they now have Wiki support. If done well it could be...
2007-07-09
601 reads
Service Packs and Support
More coming next week in editorials and already a note on the site, but support for both SQL Server 2000...
2007-07-07
644 reads
Cursors to Increase Performance?
I recently had the chance to look over a friends shoulder at a query that needed some tuning work. In...
2007-07-06
715 reads
Latest Service Packs and Books Online
I was reading a new post at SQL Server Magazine titled The More Things Change(full version available to registered users...
2007-07-06
625 reads
Midlands PASS Chapter July Meeting with SQL Server MVP Wayne Snyder
SQL Server MVP Wayne Snyder Speaks on SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
Midlands PASS Chapter - July 12, 2007 Meeting
Sponsored by...
2007-07-06
783 reads
The Video World
I wonder what you think of this: video shorts. I've gottne the Lockergnome newsletters for years and they've proven interesting...
2007-07-06
607 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
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...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
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