Slacking
I usually set aside Tues afternoons and Friday afternoons for my Database Daily work. Scanning a couple hundred links takes...
2006-11-11
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Blog Posts
SQL Server 2005 SP2 CTP Available for Download
The Community Technology Preview (CTP) version SQL Server 2005 SP2 has been released by Microsoft. You can find the download...
2006-11-08
1,975 reads
Chess
Recently I started getting back into the game of chess as I began coaching my boys. Chess is a great...
2006-11-02
1,687 reads
Picking back up on blogging
It has been a trying month to month and a half with the implementation of Microsoft's CRM 3.0 product. By...
2006-10-30
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PASS
My daughter-in-law just reminded me on Sunday that her birthday was in 21 days. Yikes! That's the day I fly...
2006-10-26
1,314 reads
The Magazine
I've been busy working on the magazine among other things and am struggling a bit. I had quite a few...
2006-10-18
1,512 reads
Essential Audio for .NET Pros
For your listening enjoyment, I have compiled a list off essential audio for .NET developers and SQL DBAs. This list...
2006-10-06
1,381 reads
SQL Injection... is this still a problem?
For some reason, today I came across at least a half-dozen blog posts and articles about how to avoid SQL...
2006-10-03
1,426 reads
Diversions
I've been rather quiet for a while and there's a reason. I've been
helping some friends get a general gaming site...
2006-09-22
1,505 reads
Jumpstart TV Video
If you are new to SQL Server, you might be interested in viewing a video that covers the terms you use...
2006-09-11
1,584 reads
Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
By Steve Jones
At the recent Redgate Summit in Chicago, I demo’d (lightly) the ML based Alert...
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
Forums
String_agg not working as needed
I'm trying to get this string_agg to put all the 'comments' into one result...
Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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Odd Sequences
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Question of the Day
Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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