Managing Data in a FileTable with T-SQL
I wrote a post about creating a Filetable, which just covered the basics of how to build one. How do...
2013-09-11
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MCM on Life Support
Good news everybody. October 1st is no longer the day that the MCM was prescribed to die. The Microsoft Certified Master is now on life support until December 31st,...
2013-09-11
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MCM on Life Support
Good news everybody. October 1st is no longer the day that the MCM was prescribed to die. The Microsoft Certified...
2013-09-11
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SQL PASS Virtualization VC Presentation Wrapup
Everyone, thank you for attending the SQL PASS Virtualization Virtual Chapter presentation entitled “SQL Server High Availability Options After Virtualization”...
2013-09-11
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Execution Plan Cost Estimates
It’s been emphasized over and over that the costs of operations within an execution plan, and the estimated costs of...
2013-09-11
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Encryption Decryption Routine
In this post we will look at a complete end to end routine for encrypting, storing, decrypting data in SQL...
2013-09-17 (first published: 2013-09-11)
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Certifications: What are they good for?
Since Microsoft decided to drop the MCM/MCA program there has been an enormous amount of discussion about the program and...
2013-09-11
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NJ SQL UG presents Hilary Cotter - Next Tues. 9/17
Next Meeting: Tue, Sep 17 2013
Take note, the New Jersey SQL Server User Group, led by John Dempsey, will be...
2013-09-11
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SQL Saturday Cambridge #228 September 27-28th September
Snazzy title eh, I bet you can’t guess what this post is about. That’s right, it’s all about Monty Python!
A...
2013-09-11
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Why Government Required Backdoors Are a Bad Idea
I've heard the argument, "I've got nothing to hide. If it helps them catch the next guy, I'm all for...
2013-09-17 (first published: 2013-09-11)
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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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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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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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