Will You Vote?
Voting is one of the many privileges that I have as an American citizen. It’s a privilege that most Americans...
2013-09-23
566 reads
SQL Swimmer
Saving Grace
According to Merriam-Webster the definition of grace is:
1a : unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification; b : a...
2013-05-30
1,235 reads
Certifiable?
I have recently begun to contemplate pursuing the MCSA Certification. I have been working with SQL Server for almost 20...
2013-05-17
616 reads
The Long and Winding Road
“The Long and Winding Road” is one of my favorite Beatles songs, it reminds me of my dad, he was...
2013-05-14
567 reads
Custom Reports for SSMS 2012
I presented on this topic at the TriadSQL User’s Group meeting on 3/26/13. I promised I would post my code/solutions,...
2013-03-29
2,148 reads
Summit 2012 is over, but not forgotten
What a whirlwind last week was. There were so many sessions to attend and only one of me. I needed...
2012-11-12
725 reads
Policy-Based Management, How Sweet It Is
I have just recently changed employers and in doing so, I’ve changed my role from Data Architect to DBA/BI Developer. ...
2012-10-24
1,914 reads
PASS Election Season
Did you know that it’s election season for PASS? Did you know that you can pose questions to the potential...
2012-08-27
606 reads
Mentoring
I’m putting my money where my mouth is, with respect to my last blog post. I am officially a mentor...
2012-08-24
637 reads
Paying it Forward
My company has recently put forth an effort to hire fresh college graduates and interns. I think this is a...
2012-08-24 (first published: 2012-08-22)
1,728 reads
Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Forums
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers