Two New Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008
On July 17, Microsoft released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2008. The first cumulative update is SQL Server...
2012-08-01
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Password Resets
I read this piece from Troy Hunt, which is a long look at the password reset process for a web...
2012-07-31
1,680 reads
Creating a DDL Trigger
One of the most amazing features to an old SQL Server 4.2 guy was the addition of DDL triggers to...
2012-08-07 (first published: 2012-07-31)
2,780 reads
Bad business practices damage your company, KRG Technology
I just composed and sent this message to eleven members of a single California-based recruitment company. I’ll let the email...
2012-07-31
1,749 reads
Reading Excel into SSIS via OpenXML Scripting
Reading Excel data isn't easy. It should be, but there's a lot of unfortunate barriers in the way that I've discussed before. They boil down to one main reason:...
2012-07-31
1,764 reads
SQL Audit 201 – Creating an Audit Solution
Welcome back, folks!
Ok so, now that we’ve covered the basics of creating a SQL Audit and viewing the output, let’s...
2012-08-06 (first published: 2012-07-31)
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Exporting Data Using BCP
BCP, or bulk copy program, has been around in SQL Server for a long time. It is a great way...
2012-08-03 (first published: 2012-07-31)
10,592 reads
OLAP PivotTable Extensions Update
OLAP PivotTable Extensions is a really cool free add-in for Excel that’s been around for quite a while now. It...
2012-07-31
1,910 reads
SCRIPT: Basic Information About Indexes
I’m having a little fun with documenting basic information about indexes in my current project. I’m posting the scripts here...
2012-07-31
2,098 reads
Reading Excel into SSIS via OpenXML Scripting
Reading Excel data isn't easy. It should be, but there's a lot of unfortunate barriers in the way that I've...
2012-08-02 (first published: 2012-07-31)
4,798 reads
Blogs
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
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The New World Of AI Robots
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New World Of AI...
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
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BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
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