Database automation and appliances
10 years ago IT professionals considered database technology “mature” and analysts were preparing to slide it into a commodity status… But on the Exabyte era, we depend on databases...
2010-09-13
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Project Phoenix expands to Australia and New Zealand
A couple of months ago, many Microsoft MVPs received Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate MSDN subscriptions (retail value: ~$12,000) to distribute...
2010-09-13
628 reads
SQLSaturday #52 - Colorado Details
What is SQL Saturday?
SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about SQL Server....
2010-09-12
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2010-09-10
451 reads
PASS SQLRally Pre-Conference Seminars – The Application Process
Today we’re announcing the call for speakers for pre-conference seminars at the first SQLRally being held in Orlando in May...
2010-09-10
750 reads
PASS Summit Logo Design Contest
It appears our success with the SQLRally Logo Design Contest has struck a chord with PASS HQ. This morning Rick...
2010-09-10
817 reads
Mastering PowerShell – Free EBook
Someone who I follow on twitter posted a tweet recently with a link to a free eBook on PowerShell. I...
2010-09-10
2,590 reads
Is Your Database “Web-Scale”?
It’s not safe for work (NSFW), so be sure that you’ve implemented a cone of silence as appropriate for your...
2010-09-10
611 reads
Goal Update - Misc accomplishments
I have been trying to better track my goals this year, and find myself failing at some, exceeding at others....
2010-09-10
415 reads
McClintock!
I was channel flipping after dinner when I saw this and had to stop to watch a few minutes of...
2010-09-10
308 reads
Blogs
Excellent article on securing msdb
By Brian Kelley
Fabiano Amorim has written an excellent article at Simple Talk on securing msdb. Here's...
T-SQL Tuesday #201: Temp Tables
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, which I am grateful for. So many...
When Do You Reach For A #temp Table?
I needed to do some research because there is more to #temp tables than...
Forums
Return all intermediate members of a recursive CTE?
I wrote a recursive CTE to determine employee levels... but what if I wanted...
jdbc auth failing to sql from sap's cloud middleware CPI
hi , our business partner is asking s4 sap api's for receivable info and...
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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