Next Gen File System ReFS(Resilient File System) and SQLServer !
“ReFS”, this term was absolutely new to me when I was reading this white paper from Microsoft ‘Storage Windows Server...
2012-12-13
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On the First Day…
Many of us have heard the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Some are familiar with how that song has some connection with the Holiday season for Christians. Fewer...
2012-12-13
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On the First Day…
Many of us have heard the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Some are familiar with how that song has...
2012-12-13
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Solution to VSTA editor error in SSIS 2012
The script task in SSIS 2012 is a great tool when you need to use C# or VB code to...
2012-12-13
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SQL Server Training–New York New York!
For those that read my blog regularly you will know that I over the last couple of years I have...
2012-12-13
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Using XQuery to remove duplicate values or duplicate nodes from an xml instance
Sometimes we need to retrieve a list distinct values from within an xml instance or even distinct nodes and this...
2012-12-20 (first published: 2012-12-13)
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The Great DBA Getaway
Free, at last!
It’s holiday season which means it’s a time for you all to buy me gifts super busy time for Data...
2012-12-12
1,036 reads
PASSMN–Passing the Baton: A Board Transition Story
Each year the Minnesota SQL Server User Group elects new board members and resets its leadership team. I have been...
2012-12-12
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Working with Excel Destinations in SSIS - 0xC0202025, 0x80040E21
Working with Excel in SSIS is not fun and something I whole-heartedly discourage. With that said, I had a not...
2012-12-12
1,523 reads
You Need to Manage Passwords
I saw a note this week from CNet about a system built to crack passwords (also on ArsTechnica). It reminded...
2012-12-18 (first published: 2012-12-12)
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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...
Forums
Querying Multiple Tables for the Same Information
I have about 100 Tables that are all suffixed with _Modify. These tables record...
Make It Routine
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Finding Gaps in Sequential Data Using SQL Server
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Question of the Day
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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