Presenting at SQL Saturday #111
On Saturday, April 14, 2012, I’ll be presenting “Table Vars and Temp Tables – What you NEED to know!” at SQL...
2012-03-28
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A Discussion of SQL Server-Related Topics
SQL Server 2012 Performance Test: Truncate a Date/Time to Different Parts
SQL Server 2012 introduces several new date/time functions that allow you to build a date/time from the individual parts of...
2012-03-15
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T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Jack of All Trades, Master of None?
This month, Argenis Fernandez (blog, @DBArgenis) is hosting our monthly T-SQL Tuesday, and he wants to know: Are you specialized?...
2012-03-13
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Presenting at SQL Saturday #110
On Saturday, March 10, 2012, I’ll be presenting “Table Vars and Temp Tables – What you NEED to know!” at SQL...
2012-02-28
1,409 reads
Comparing Inline and Multi-Statement Table-Valued Functions
Table-Valued Functions. What a wonderful addition to SQL they make. They take parameters, do some work, and return a result...
2012-02-15
80,911 reads
Presenting at SQL Saturday #96
I’m honored to have been selected to present two sessions at SQL Saturday #96 in our nation’s capital, Washington DC...
2011-11-02
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Presenting at SQL Saturday #87
On Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 2:45 pm, I’ll be presenting “Table Vars and Temp Tables – What you NEED to...
2011-10-27
705 reads
I’m a winner!
Actually, I only submitted the winning entry; Denali CTP3 SQL Server 2012 is the real winner. After having a blog...
2011-10-26
818 reads
PASS Summit 2011 recap
Recap of my first ever SQL PASS Summit – 2011:
Saturday, Oct 8 – Travel day – I flew from Richmond VA to the...
2011-10-17
1,463 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #23 – Joins
There is something wrong in the SQL force today… here it is the first Tuesday of a month, and we’re...
2011-10-04
800 reads
Blogs
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
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Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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