So You Want to Write a Book?
What the heck is wrong with you?
Still interested? Fine. I’ll tell you my take on this whole business. I’m only...
2010-02-19
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Reporting Services Switch Function
Recently a client requested to create a Reporting Services expression that emulated the CASE WHEN statement from T-SQL. The expression...
2010-02-19
4,297 reads
Feedback from Connect : Allow Snapshot Backups
I posted a note to allow snapshots to be backed up in SQL Server. The inability to do so, and...
2010-02-19
1,483 reads
On Ethics
I was having a conversation recently with a friend and former co-worker of mine. He's bounced around here and there,...
2010-02-19
805 reads
Bikes for Almost Grownups
Ran across this in Make Magazine, http://www.bigkidbike.com/, these are totally custom bikes, with names like Bigger Wheel, Lizard, and Kitten....
2010-02-19
553 reads
Testing New Features in SQL Azure Service Update 1
It seems to be SQL Azure night for me tonight… I thought I would try out some of the new...
2010-02-19
715 reads
Playing With SQL Azure Data Synch
Microsoft has provided a free tool that allows you to easily create a SQL Azure database, and then synchronize the...
2010-02-19
1,582 reads
SQL Azure Database Service Update 1 Released on February 17
Microsoft’s David Robinson has announced on the SQL Azure Team Blog that they have released Service Update 1 for SQL...
2010-02-19
526 reads
SQL Server 2005/2008, Service Packs - announcement
This is a good news from the Microsoft about SQL Server Release Services for both versions SQL Server 2008 & 2005.
SQL...
2010-02-19
663 reads
Speaking at the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter
Next week, I’ll be “in the cloud” as I give a presentation for the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter. The topic...
2010-02-19
351 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate:A Prehistory
By Steve Jones
I’ve covered the values in a number of previous posts on the Book of...
Evidence-bound: what AgentDBA will and won’t link
By Arun Sirpal
When the evidence names the database, it says so. When it doesn’t, it stops....
Prep data for AI vs. Fabric Data Agent Instructions: What Goes Where?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 3 (This is the final article in a three-part series...
Forums
Four Rules for Adding AI Without Breaking What Already Works
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Four Rules for Adding AI...
SQL Server 2025 section missing?
Hello, the title says it all. Is the SQL Server 2025 section missing?
A design question in a parent child relationship
I am not sure which is the best way to proceed. I have parent...
Question of the Day
Hyperscale Replicas III
In an Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Edition, how many named replicas can be configured?
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