Minutes of the Aug 2008 oPASS Meeting
I've just posted minutes of the August 2008 user group meeting. We had two great presentations, a short one from...
2008-08-10
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SSWUG SQL Server Virtual Conference III
There are many technical conferences available for SQL Server professionals, such as PASS. I have been lucky enough to go...
2008-08-10
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Changing jobs -- Pros and Cons
I read Andy's post Changing Jobs - Should You? today with great interest. I think it is good topic in the...
2008-08-08
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Changing Jobs - Should You?
I think most people fall into two groups, the ones that change jobs every year/every time they can make another...
2008-08-07
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SQL Server 2008 RTM - Community Thoughts & Resources
As has widely been announced in the SQL Server community, SQL Server 2008 has RTM'ed. It's now available for download...
2008-08-07
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Check Authentication Scheme (Kerberos) on SQL Server 2005
I had to redo SPNs today because we swapped out service accounts on some of our non-production SQL Servers. I...
2008-08-07
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Negotiating - It's Not All About Winning
More and more I see business people adopt the mindset that any negotiation is raw combat with the goal of...
2008-08-05
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Tool Review: Snarfer
I'm probably in the minority, but I use an offline reader for consuming feeds. Nothing wrong with browser based readers other than that...
2008-08-04
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Free SQL Sticker from Paul Nielsen
A little while ago Paul Nielsen tweeted about having free Euro-style SQL stickers. All one had to do was email...
2008-08-04
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Kindle Update - August
Apparently the Kindle is a great success, financially, for Amazon. That's good to hear, though I haven't made the decision...
2008-08-04
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Blogs
Automated SQL Server Benchmarking with HammerDB and Docker: A Complete Testing Framework
I’m excited to announce the release of a new open-source project that fully automates...
T-SQL Snapshot Backups on Availability Group Secondary Replicas
One of my favourite features of SQL Server 2022 was the T-SQL Snapshot Backups....
The Book of Redgate: Hours
By Steve Jones
I have said and written this many times: Redgate Software is the type of...
Forums
AI Experience Gap that we keep talking about
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Squared Values
What happens when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
SELECT SQUARE('12') See possible answers