The Mentoring Experiment–New Call for Mentees
With both Steve Jones and I done with our summer break, we’re ready to continue with several experiments we’ve been...
2012-07-23 (first published: 2012-07-19)
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Should Apps Use a Dedicated Port?
Most applications connect on whatever the default port is, typically 1433 for SQL, though it’s common to change that to...
2012-07-24 (first published: 2012-07-18)
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Scrum what are story points
In this blog post I discuss Scrum (agile development methodology) and method to accurately estimate effort to complete sprint which...
2012-07-18
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SSRS does not require IIS
Starting with SQL Server Reporting 2008 Reporting Services (SSRS) was the removal of the Internet Information Services (IIS) dependency, so you do...
2012-07-18
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#TSQL2Day – A Day in the Life of A Service DBA
Today I am excited to join in with my #sqlfamily and participate in this months #tsql2day throw down. This month Erin...
2012-07-18
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Where in the World is…
You may or may not have noticed that over the past several months I have been somewhat absent from my blog. Very few articles if any have been produced....
2012-07-18
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Where in the World is…
You may or may not have noticed that over the past several months I have been somewhat absent from my...
2012-07-18
942 reads
What’s been happening in Wayne’s World
Late last year, my life got strange. Well, it’s always been strange, so let’s just say it became stranger than...
2012-07-18
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Enabling "Open Project Folder" for project types that don't support it
One annoying thing about SSIS (2008) and some of the other project types in Visual Studio is the lack of...
2012-07-18
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The Hollywood DBA
I’m delighted to welcome a fellow Brit to the blog to share their story in today’s guest post. Many of you will...
2012-07-18
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Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Forums
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
BIT_COUNT() V
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BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
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