SQL Saturday Southampton Pre-con
It’s been a while since my last pre-con, in fact it’s been a while since my last SQL Saturday with...
2015-10-01
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Richard Douglas
Voting in the PASS Election 2015
Another year, another set of elections. It’s that time where those who care about their industry and the future of...
2015-09-17
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Career Progression
Deciding to change jobs can be one of the most difficult decisions you can make. At Dell I was part...
2015-08-07
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T-SQL Tuesday 66 Monitoring – Agent Alerts
Alerts have been around for as long as I can remember, so some time before breakfast. That probably means you...
2015-05-12
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My First Ever SQL Saturday Pre-Con
Like most people I have a bucket list of things to do before I depart for other things. However I...
2015-03-13
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50 Shades of Brown – The Series
That’s right I’m cashing in on the “50 Shades” franchise and twisting it to meet my own sordid needs to...
2015-03-03
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SQLBits XIV – Welcome to the UK
A number of you will have heard of SQLBits before. It’s Europe’s largest conference dedicated to SQL Server. What was...
2015-03-02
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(Ctrl+E) was pressed. Waiting for the second key of chord…
I first came across the error “(Ctrl+E) was pressed. Waiting for the second key of chord…” last year, these weird errors...
2015-01-08
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PASS DBA Virtual Chapter Webcast 20141112
Today I have the honour of presenting a session for the PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter. The great thing about...
2014-11-12
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I need your help
The Situation
On the 19th November I am going to be presenting two sessions for the Luxembourg PASS chapter at the...
2014-11-12 (first published: 2014-11-07)
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Blogs
SQL Server Source Control on a $0 Budget
By Kevin3NF
The Source Control Dilemma Every DBA has been there. Trying to keep track of...
CHOOSE’ing a Beer: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
We recently published an article on CHOOSE at SQL Server Central. I thought it...
Don’t Treat Your Data Catalog Like a Data Museum
Introduction Treating your data catalog like a “data museum”—a static collection where information quietly...
Forums
String or Binary Truncation Error Strange Behavior (SQL 2019)
Forgot I posted a similar issue back in 2020, String or Binary Truncation Error...
Transactional Replication from Read replica
If I have Read replica (in Azure SQL MI), can it be used as...
SQL availability group and file server role answering from the same name
Hello, I'm tasked with setting up a 2 node server cluster that will host...
Question of the Day
Replacing a Null
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2022?
DECLARE @value INT = NULL; SELECT ISNULL(@value, 100.5) AS Result;See possible answers