MySQL TinyInt treated as Boolean
When working with a MySQL database as a source you may experience some unexpected results in your data extracts. Most of the...
2015-04-29
2,807 reads
Business Intelligence & SQL Server Decaffeinated
My PASS Summit 2013 Presentations
I had the honor to speak for the first time at this past PASS Summit 2013 in Charlotte, NC. It...
2013-10-27
848 reads
IT Pro Camp Tampa 2013
This year I was honored to sponsor and speak at IT Pro Camp Tampa 2013. Like always, it is a...
2013-10-27
888 reads
Configuring BIDS 2008 / 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2008 to work with Database & Business Intelligence Projects and Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Working with the SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS Business Intelligence projects along with Database projects in the same Visual Studio 2008...
2013-08-14
2,581 reads
Connecting to the Hortonworks Sandbox v1.3 through IP 192.168.56.101
I recently downloaded the Hortonworks Sandbox v1.3 Hyper-V VM and had a hard time connecting to the included web interface...
2013-08-08
1,641 reads
Presenting 2 sessions at SQLPASS
I’m truly honored to be chosen to speak at PASS Summit 2013. The honor is compounded as I have been...
2013-05-22
682 reads
.Net Code Camp Orlando 2013
This past Saturday March 16th, I had the opportunity to speak once again the .Net Orlando Code Camp. I presented...
2013-03-18
781 reads
I have been appointed as PASS Regional Mentor for the Greater Southeast
I have been appointed as PASS Regional Mentor for the Greater Southeast by PASS (http://www.sqlpass.org). I am truly honored to...
2012-08-21
885 reads
Top 3 Reasons Why Evernote is worth $1 billion to me
Everyone heard about Facebook’s recent purchase of Instagram for $1 billion dollars. No one can imagine how they came with such...
2012-04-11
869 reads
SQL Server Upgrade error: It is not possible to change the SQL Server features to be upgraded in this release. Validation errors. There are no features selected for upgrade.
On a recent project I was asked to “upgrade” a licensed SQL Server 2008R2 Standard Edition to SQL Server 2008R2 Enterprise Edition....
2012-03-30
6,723 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