T-SQL Tuesday #61 – Giving Back
The Season of Giving
The annual PASS Summit (otherwise known as the #SQLFamily reunion) is over. Here in the United States,...
2014-12-08 (first published: 2014-12-02)
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
The Murder Train is making a stop in Salt Lake City
You know, these 1 hour sessions that are at most SQL Saturdays are just too short sometimes – you just get...
2014-10-16
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The Murder Train chugs into Denver!
You know, these 1 hour sessions that are at most SQL Saturdays are just too short sometimes – you just get...
2014-08-13
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T-SQL Tuesday #57: SQL Family and Community
Well, here it is again. The second Tuesday of the month, which means that it’s T-SQL Tuesday. T-SQL Tuesday… that...
2014-08-13
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The Murder train chugs into Raleigh
You know, these 1 hour sessions that are at most SQL Saturdays are just too short sometimes – you just get...
2014-08-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #56: Assumptions
Well, here it is again. The second Tuesday of the month, which means that it’s T-SQL Tuesday. This month, Dev...
2014-07-08
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Avoiding a split brain in database mirroring
You’re utilizing the database mirroring high-availability feature, configured to be in the High Safety mode with automatic failover, which means...
2014-05-28 (first published: 2014-05-22)
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Cannot start SSAS after install in tabular mode
After installing SSAS, using the tabular model, you receive the error “The service cannot be started: The following system error...
2014-05-19 (first published: 2014-05-13)
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SQL Saturday RVA recap
Wow, what a month. On March 22, 2014, the SQL Saturday train came into Richmond VA (RVA). I was one...
2014-03-28
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Presenting at the kickoff Lynchburg Va SQL User Group meeting
There’s a new SQL Server user group starting up over in Lynchburg, VA. It’s first meeting is February 27, 2014...
2014-02-17
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future
By DesertDBA
I haven’t posted in a while (well, not here at least since I’ve been...
Keeping MS Docs Up to Date
By Steve Jones
One of the things that I like about the SQL Server docs (MS Learn...
Patch Tuesday – Where to get more information
By Brian Kelley
For a number of years I have subscribed to Randy Franklin Smith's Patch Tuesday...
Forums
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to the 1st 21 rows?
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to...
Pivot but preserve all rows on Aggregate column
Hello Need help in pivoting this data set, the Pivot takes MIN/MAX on a...
any reason to avoid asking ssis to extract files from ftp
hi we have to replace talend which generally was used to move files. talend's...
Question of the Day
What is the PRODUCT
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
CREATE TABLE Numbers ( n INT) GO INSERT dbo.Numbers ( n ) VALUES (1), (2), (3) GO SELECT PRODUCT(n) FROM dbo.NumbersSee possible answers