Replication Gotcha: Blank XML
Transactional replication in SQL Server 2005\2008 can handle the XML datatype just fine with few exceptions - one in particular being...
2010-08-24
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Defensive Db Programming Chapter 05
We are here again with after another week and ready for another episode in this series. Today we get to...
2010-08-24
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It's the Procedure...
After going through all the materials provided to the NomCom for the PASS Board of Directors, I think I can...
2010-08-24
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Twitter: The Next Best Thing To Being There
Why do DBAs want to go to PASS, TechEd, or SQLConnections? If asked, I suppose that many would point to...
2010-08-24
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Use ReadOnlyVariables and ReadWriteVariables properties in Scripts
For those of you just starting out with SQL Server Integration Services, you'll find a LOT of information out there...
2010-08-24
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Audio Proofreading & Writing Quality
Funny how if take time for longer conversations, ones that ramble, you often learn interesting things that you just wouldn’t...
2010-08-24
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Diagnostic Queries from SQL Saturday #51 Nashville
Here are the diagnostic queries that I ran during my presentation at SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville on August 21,...
2010-08-24
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DMV Emergency Queries From SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville
I wanted to post the first T-SQL script from my DMV Emergency Room presentation on August 21 in Nashville. This...
2010-08-23
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Estimating Data Compression Savings in SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2
Since I finished upgrading the last of my Production environment to SQL Server 2008 R2 running on Windows Server 2008...
2010-08-23
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SQL Server Trivia
Think you know SQL Server past and present? Here are the next-to-impossible questions I asked at the SQLSaturday #51 Stump...
2010-08-23
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Blogs
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
How to Measure AI Value: A 6-Branch AI Maturity Model for Use Cases and Agents
Your AI is busy. But do you know what it's worth? Most companies can...
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