PASS Update #44 (Budget)
I had a question recently about how budgets work at PASS, and I think that’s something worth sharing, so I’m...
2010-10-11
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Listing members of a group in SQL Server.
In SQL we are used to the GROUP BY and the type of result it produces. In real life, we...
2010-10-11
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SSMS Tip – Tab Groups
A few months ago as I came across tab groups in SSMS and once I found them I was very...
2010-10-11
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Return Values from XP_CMDSHELL
Let’s be clear: I don’t recommend the use of xp_cmdshell as a general tool. It ought to be used when...
2010-10-11
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Getting ready for the third “Industrial Revolution”: Database 2010-2015
I searched the internet for “connect and forget”. Wonderbox.net offer is described as a...
2010-10-10
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Getting ready for the third “Industrial Revolution”: Database 2010-2015
I searched the internet for “connect and forget”. Wonderbox.net offer is described as a “revolutionary computer server”… I think of wonderbox as a “computing appliance”, but Wikipedia limits the...
2010-10-10
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Time Saver – Presentation Preparation
Presenting is a huge fear for many and it is no different for me. I have been presenting at SQL...
2010-10-10
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Project Phoenix
Project PhoenixSometime people need a hand up – an opportunity to rise from the ashes. Over the last couple of years...
2010-10-09
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What are Physical Sockets, Physical Cores, and Logical Cores and Why Does it matter?
I witnessed a confused conversation on Twitter today where someone was talking about how he uses the terms sockets and...
2010-10-09
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Issues With Calculating Current Age Using DateDiff (Rounding?)
Recently I inherited a set of SSIS packages that did a pretty simple calculation for age.It used the following expression,...
2010-10-09
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
By Steve Jones
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate –...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Discover how Palantir connects enterprise data, supports AI-driven decision-making and helps companies turn insights...
Why companies use Palantir and how we help implement it in the Czech Republic
Palantir is an American software platform that brings together business data from different sources...
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Pay for Performance
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My PASS Summit West 2026
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Packing and Decoding Device Status Codes with LEFT_SHIFT() and RIGHT_SHIFT() in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
SQL Server Audit Failures
If I have a SQL Server Server Audit setup, what are my options for configuring the instance in the event it can't write to the audit log?
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