Conditional Coloured Bar Charts in Excel with Upper and Lower Targets
I was just trying to gauge my BI knowledge level the other day and decided to chart it for visibility....
2014-03-26
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5 Top Features Your Company Can Use in SQL Server 2014 Standard Edition
In a few days SQL Server 2014 will be made available, we’re not all lucky enough to be running Enterprise...
2014-03-26
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Pluralsight = Essential Training
Update: 11th Sep 2016 - See comment that pricing tiers have been adjusted since this blog post
I've been aware of Pluralsight...
2014-03-25
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5 Tools Every DBA Should Know About
After monitoring enterprise SQL Server instances for over 10 years now, there are 5 tools that are used every day...
2014-04-03 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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Encryption in Las Vegas – SQL Saturday #295
I enjoy Las Vegas, usually trying to see a show of some sort when I’m there. I’ll have the chance...
2014-03-28 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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Book: Reporting with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
I am happy to say I have published my first book! It is called Reporting with Microsoft SQL Server 2012...
2014-04-04 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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Save Money On Your Training Server
You can spend less money. Some of us are lucky. We work for very large corporations who can easily set...
2014-03-31 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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What is Microsoft Management Reporter for Dynamics AX?
It is a collaborative and interactive reporting solution from Microsoft for finance data. View more here: Management Reporter 2012 Overview...
2014-03-25
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Grant View Server State
There are lots of Dynamic Management Objects (DMO’s, more commonly referred to generically as DMV’s) that require extra permissions. Without...
2014-04-02 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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Backup Checksums and Trace Flag 3023
One of the items I always flag when performing a health check on a server is whether backups are being...
2014-03-28 (first published: 2014-03-25)
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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