Struggling With Due Diligence
It’s been a while since my last post, there are various reasons for my absence: work, illness, having our house...
2016-06-23
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SQL Swimmer
Did you know?
Did you know that the call for speakers for PASS Summit 2016 opened on February 3, 2016?
Did you know that...
2016-02-15
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What is Power BI?
One of the “benefits” of being a chapter leader is that sometimes it means doing a presentation yourself when you...
2016-02-02 (first published: 2016-01-25)
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What Do You Want?
It’s that time of year, planning for PASS Summit 2016. We’ve already put out the Call for Volunteers, which closes...
2016-01-22
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We Want You!
It seems like PASS Summit 2015 was just yesterday and here we are again, getting ready for Summit 2016 already. ...
2016-01-08
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Scripts – A Living History
As a DBA, I have a collection of scripts that I use for anything from auto-fixing logins to seeing who...
2015-11-20
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Aggregation Design is Back!
If you use SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) and SQL Server Data Tools – BI (SSDT-BI) for your SQL Server 2012...
2015-11-19
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One Tool to Rule Them All – Almost
There we so many cool announcements at the PASS Summit this year, but one of my favorites was the “One...
2015-11-18
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My Build and Deploy Process (as Requested by Bill Fellows)
Recently I attended Reg-Gate’s SQL in the City event in Seattle, WA. I was in Seattle for the annual PASS...
2015-11-10 (first published: 2015-11-05)
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The Whirlwind That Is October – Part 3
October has been such a whirlwind of PASS activity for me. Two SQL Saturdays and the PASS Summit. This post...
2015-11-03
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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...
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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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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