The PASS BA Conference–Good Idea or Not?
Ever since it was announced I’ve been ambivalent about the PASS Business Analytics Conference. I believe PASS should look for...
2013-02-09
850 reads
A Month of PowerShell – Day 9 (Getting Started with SMO)
Welcome to Day 9 of my “A Month of PowerShell” series. This series will use the series landing page on...
2013-02-09
6,057 reads
Don Gabor Presents Mastering the Art of Conversation and Making Business Contacts in NYC
My friend Don Gabor is presenting a two hour seminar titled “Mastering the Art of Conversation and Making Business Contacts”...
2013-02-09
770 reads
SQLSaturday #200 in Philadelphia (And Vacation)
I’m planning to attend SQLSaturday #200 in Philadelphia on June 1, 2013. Number 200! This will be my first trip...
2013-02-09
607 reads
Check the version of Windows Installer !
This post is a quick tip to find the version of Windows Installer installed on your box.
You might wonder why...
2013-02-09
1,216 reads
Speaking at PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter
I will be speaking at the PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter on February 13, 2013 at 12PM MST. I will...
2013-02-09
806 reads
Exploring Excel 2013 for BI Tip #1: Quick Explore
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2013-02-08
1,380 reads
How to break a high end de-duplication backup device
I have been working with a client recently who purchased a nice top of the line de-duplication backup device in...
2013-02-08
1,086 reads
Excel 2013 Inquire Add-in
What is Inquire
The Inquire Add-in for Excel 2013 helps you analyze and review your workbooks for things like relationships, invalid...
2013-02-08
2,271 reads
Reblog: February 1 to February 7
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2013-02-08
902 reads
Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
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...
Forums
Massive Table Growth Issue – How to Set Up Filegroup Usage Alerts?
Hello We recently encountered an issue where a SQL table unexpectedly grew in size...
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...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() V
What does this return on SQL Server 2025?
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