Attend the PASS Summit From Home
You there, sitting in your cube and fuming at all the PASS Summit talk: you couldn’t talk your company into...
2010-11-01
878 reads
SQL Awesomesauce
A Little SSMS Wish
IN SQL Server 2000, we didn’t have the fancy-schmancy Management Studio…we had Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer, and we liked em,...
2010-10-27
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SQL Saturday #56 BI Edition Wrap-up
On Saturday I (unexpectedly) presented at Dallas’ first Business Intelligence-focused SQL Saturday at the Microsoft campus in Irving. I wasn’t on...
2010-10-25
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SQL Saturday #56 – The 24 hour Challenge
SQL Saturday #56, Dallas BI edition, is tomorrow. Last night before the NTSSUG meeting, we had an unusually high number of...
2010-10-22
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Ground Zero Database Design: Part 2
Last week I wrote Ground Zero Database Design, thinking that was a good enough bare-bones intro (with recommended reading!) that...
2010-10-20
737 reads
SQLKilt / WIT Shirts
This shirt was specifically requested by an online friend who shall remain nameless (his name rhymes with “Duck Hoodie”). Another...
2010-10-20
1,098 reads
Inappropriate PASS Sessions – nearly SOLD OUT!
If you want to get into the Inappropriate PASS Sessions event during the PASS Summit in Seattle this year, you’d better...
2010-10-15
606 reads
Inappropriate PASS Sessions – SOLD OUT!
I’m sorry, but the Inappropriate PASS Sessions event (an after-hours event during the PASS Summit in Seattle) is SOLD OUT.
This all...
2010-10-15
744 reads
S-3-X Talk Week: Wrapup
Image is conjecture; accuracy of percentages not guaranteed (but likely)
We’ve discussed thinking about 53x (Women: whenever it comes up; Men:...
2010-10-15
589 reads
Ground Zero Database Design
All the SQL world should take database modeling classes, and thrive in the light of well-designed data structures. Back in...
2010-10-14
640 reads
Blogs
The Benefits of Teaching
By Brian Kelley
Even preparing for a class or seminar with set materials takes a lot of...
Power BI, Excel, OneLake – Dreams Do Come True!
By DataOnWheels
I can’t believe it’s finally here! A way to have Excel live in OneDrive...
The Book of Redgate: What Our Staff Says
By Steve Jones
This image is from 2010, and it goes along with my last post of...
Forums
Unlocking Data Transformation: My journey with dbt (Data Build Tool) on SQL Server
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Putting the Player with the Number
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Your Security Checkup
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Question of the Day
Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix', @num VARCHAR = '10' SELECT @player || @numSee possible answers