Speaking at Oracle Training Days
A first for me. I’m attending a non-SQL Server event, trying to bring a little knowledge of my platform to...
2012-12-03
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Power View and Reporting Services
There has been an active discussion thread on Chris Webb’s blog about the similarities & differences between various Microsoft BI & reporting...
2012-12-03
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Logins vs Users
Logins are not Users. It’s a pretty easy concept but one that seems to give a lot of people problems....
2012-12-12 (first published: 2012-12-03)
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MDX #23 – “Hello World!” Lesson in MDX
Almost every tool we learned has some sort of “Hello World!” tutorial lesson.
So here comes the “Hello World!” lesson in...
2012-12-03
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T-SQL: CASE Statement
For the month of December, I’ll be taking a little holiday from blogging. In the meantime, enjoy a few of...
2012-12-11 (first published: 2012-12-03)
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Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #9
Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading. Since they all come out through out...
2012-12-03
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HDInsight, Finally
See this:
That’s right. The install worked. All I had to do was get a completely clean server set up. No...
2012-12-03
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SQLOS Basics - Query and CPU
In this article We are going to understand the basics of SQLOS - CPU scheduling.
In high level:
1. When an user connects to SQL...
2012-12-03
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SQL Server Training in 2013
Unbelievably it is December already and 2013 is fast approaching. With the Christmas break fast approaching now is the time...
2012-12-03
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OT: Space Exploration and the Future of Humanity
I am old enough to remember watching the Apollo 11 landing in 1969 as a young child. Before and after...
2012-12-03
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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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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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