What is BI?
I actually started writing an article on this, but it's been sidetracked with travel and other stuff. However I do...
2007-07-21
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A Graphical View of the Physical Allocation of a Database
First saw information about a tool called SQL Internals Viewer in a blog post here at Kalen Delaney's blog. The...
2007-07-20
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More Navigation
I've looked at the daily newsletter for a year now and I've wondered about the table of contents. It seems...
2007-07-19
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Tampa Code Camp - Again
This turned out to be a nice event, better venue than last year. Well organized is always appreciated even at...
2007-07-18
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New version of SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer available
If you haven't seen the announcement, a new version of the SQL Server 2005 Best Practices Analyzer is available for...
2007-07-17
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The meaning of Database Administrator
In two blogs I follow, Andy Leonard's blog on SQLBlogs.com and Sheeri Kritzer's The MySQL She-BA, the question of what...
2007-07-16
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QOD Day
Quite a few complaints on the QOD section from last week, mostly justified. A couple I had to defend, which...
2007-07-16
1,590 reads
New MySQL Entry Level Certification
Last week I received an email indicating that MySQL had made available an entry level certification, the Certified MySQL Associate....
2007-07-16
1,563 reads
SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) Templates and Styles
Ever wanted to change the default template and style for the Reporting Services Wizard? Just think how much time this...
2007-07-15
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Beta Testing
I'm not big on beta testing, or at least haven't been for a number of
years because I can't afford the...
2007-07-13
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Blogs
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
Creating a Local Model Chatbot on Windows
By Steve Jones
After my session at VSLive last week, I had a few questions from the...
To refer and to be referred
Referrals have never been more important in the job market. They’re no longer nice...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
Negative and Positive Numbers
If I want to know whether a number of negative, positive, or zero, what is the easiest way to get this in T-SQL?
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