Interview with Craig Mundie on Channel 9
Channel 9 has posted a 25 minute interview with Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer for Microsoft. You can...
2006-07-27
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Databases – Infrastructure – Security
New SQL Server 2005 Books Online download available
As reported in several other places... there is a new Books Online (July 2006) for SQL Server 2005. You can...
2006-07-25
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Before you submit that incident to Microsoft...
Check out this post:
Things to consider before submitting an incident to Microsoft
Getting the information together before you make that phone...
2006-07-20
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Presenting at Columbia, SC DotNet User Group
I'll be presenting at the DotNet Columbia SC User Group on August 8th.
My presentation is tentatively titled, "Something old, something...
2006-07-20
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The Plumbing Behind MSDN 2
There is a very interesting article about how MSDN 2 utilizes SQL
Server 2005 technologies, specifically Service Broker and CLR
integration. The...
2006-07-20
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Free Data Models
I saw this on a Channel 9 forum thread:
Library of Free Data Models
There are quite a few starter data models...
2006-07-19
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Get a Better Understanding of How Queries Execute
I was catching up on my blog reading (unfortunately, in some cases I'm
a month behind) and came across a link...
2006-07-14
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New KB Article on SQL Server 2005 File Growth Bug
There is are two new KB articles on how the file growth value can become abnormally large. You can find...
2006-07-13
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A Chronology of Data Breaches Reported Since the ChoicePoint Incident
Found this link on one of the security mailing lists I peruse. You can find an archive of the original...
2006-07-11
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New KB Article on Remote Mirroring Support Requirements
Microsoft has published a new Knowledge Base article on the
requirements to receive support for what is known as remote mirroring.
Requirements...
2006-07-07
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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