Guidance on Microsoft Certified Architect Submissions
For those considering the Microsoft Certified Architect program, some guidance on what to submit as documentation has been posted to...
2006-12-05
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
Professional Association of SQL Server - Midlands Chapter First Meeting
If you are in South Carolina or a nearby location (Charlotte, Augusta, etc.) and are interested in participating in an...
2006-12-01
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TechEd 2007 tracks announced
The Microsoft TechEd tracks have been released early here:
Sneak Peak at the 2007 Tracks
For those who are interested in attending...
2006-12-01
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Excellent post on encryption
Laurentiu Cristofor has an excellent blog post, Who needs encryption?, which presents some point blank facts about encryption and the...
2006-12-01
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Microsoft Network Monitor 3.0 Released
If you aren't familiar with Network Monitor, it's a packet sniffer that's a Windows component on the server builds (Control...
2006-11-29
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ApexSQL SQL Server VIP/MVP Offer
ApexSQL has an offer to anyone who is a SQL Server MVP or VIP for a gratuity of their ApexSQL...
2006-11-29
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Measuring pi by throwing frozen hot dogs?
I saw this today on my Google front page under the How To section:
How to Calculate Pi by Throwing Frozen...
2006-11-29
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SysInternals now on Microsoft TechNet
It wasn't too long ago that Mark Russinovich announced he was becoming a Microsoft employee (new link as his old...
2006-11-27
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NGSSoftware compares Oracle and SQL Server security
I first saw this at SQL Server MVP Jasper Smith's blog post Which database is more secure? Oracle vs. Microsoft:
NGSSoftware...
2006-11-25
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Teaching Children to Program
One of the blogs I follow is Andrew Coates' blog over at MSDN. He has posted about starting to help...
2006-11-21
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Blogs
From SQL Saturday to Day of Data
By ReviewMyDB
A behind-the-scenes look at Day of Data Jacksonville 2026, the transition from SQL Saturday,...
PostgreSQL 18 Finally Makes BUFFERS the Default. Here Is Why That Matters
You run EXPLAIN ANALYZE on a slow query, stare at the plan, and something...
A New Word: La Guadière
By Steve Jones
la guadière – n. a glint of goodness you notice in something that you...
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non ascii columns in a utf-8 .txt file
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PolyBase Trace Flags
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Converting Money
Does this run successfully on a SQL Server 2022, US English default installation?
DECLARE @YenAmount MONEY; SET @YenAmount = ¥1500; SELECT @YenAmount AS RawValue;See possible answers