SQL Server Naming Standards
Want to start a fight between a bunch of DBAs or database developers? Ask them where the comma should be...
2013-02-18 (first published: 2013-02-13)
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A Month of PowerShell – Day 13 (Databases: Adding Schemas, Tables and Indexes)
Welcome to Day 13 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-20 (first published: 2013-02-13)
2,965 reads
Become an expert in SQL Server Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting!
Since September 2012 I’m a Microsoft Certified Master SQL Server 2008, which is the highest technical certification for SQL Server...
2013-02-13
819 reads
Become an expert in SQL Server Performance Tuning & Troubleshooting!
Since September 2012 I'm a Microsoft Certified Master SQL Server 2008,
which is the highest technical certification for SQL Server that...
2013-02-13
1,048 reads
Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS) Presentation Slides
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation “Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS)” at the Houston Area SQL Server User Group...
2013-02-13
1,906 reads
Speaking at PASS Virtualization Virtual Chapter on Wednesday
This Wednesday I will be presenting for the PASS Virtualization Virtual Chapter at 11AM CST on one of my favorite...
2013-02-13
675 reads
A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Algorithm 7: Clustering
by Steve Bolton
In last week’s installment of this amateur series of self-tutorials on SQL Server Data Mining (SSDM), we...
2013-02-19 (first published: 2013-02-12)
3,306 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #39 - Use PowerShell To Copy A Database To Another Instance
This blog post is part of T-SQL Tuesday, a monthly SQL blog party with a rotating host and common topic....
2013-02-12
2,046 reads
#CISPA’s Coming Back: Time to Pay Attention Again
Update: The President’s cybersecurity Executive Order was signed and released today (see the Wired article). “Although the order comes after...
2013-02-12
865 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #39 – PowerShell
This month the invitation is from Wayne Sheffield, asking if you have a PowerShell story for everyone. That’s fitting since...
2013-02-12
1,012 reads
Blogs
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...
A New Word: Dorgone
By Steve Jones
dorgone– adj. wondering if you could slip away from an event or group conversation...
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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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