To Write or Not to Write
That's the decision to be made.
Apress contacted me about the update for my book. I wrote 1/2 of the Designing...
2006-01-05
1,495 reads
Blog Posts
Sample Chapter from Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
Brian Knight posted a sample chapter for Professional SQL Server 2005 Integration Services
to his blog a few days ago. Last...
2006-01-04
1,475 reads
Simple Script to Report Tables Sizes in a SQL2K Database
Last week we had an issue with a database growing unexpectedly. The
database in question supported an infrastructure type 3rd party
application...
2006-01-04
1,334 reads
Philosophy on Soldiering
This is taken from the book About Face:The Odyssey of an American Warrior.
The author is Col. David "Hack" Hackworth, one...
2006-01-01
1,409 reads
The Perils of Java Schools
This is great, another rant from Joel, this time on the state of CS Degrees.
I didn't grow up in the...
2005-12-30
1,600 reads
Unpatched Microsoft Windows WMF Vulnerability
If you haven't heard by now, there is an unpatched exploit in how
Windows handles WMF files. Since this handling is...
2005-12-28
1,433 reads
Last Minute Testing
I've had a new web server for a couple months and I've been slowly testing things as I can in...
2005-12-28
1,367 reads
Cute comic
My son ran across this comic and was sure I would enjoy it: http://www.qwantz.com/index.pl?comic=153
2005-12-23
1,566 reads
Aggregate queries
Be sure to read my article on SQLServerCentral on building aggregate queries: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/kKellenberger/aggregatequeries.asp
2005-12-21
1,576 reads
SQL Server Connections
I found out today that I will get to attend the SQL Server Magazine Connections conference (part of the DevConnections...
2005-12-21
1,404 reads
Blogs
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
Forums
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Semantic Search in SQL Server...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers