See the New Logo and Graphics for SQLSaturday
Officially launched today, it’s been a project that took a while to bubble to the top, but we’ve done an...
2011-08-10
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SQLAndy
PASS Update #61
Just a few quick updates.
First, on the SQLSaturday site we’ll be shortly rolling out an updated logo and layout for...
2011-08-09
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Money, Transparency, and Community Events
I’m going to ramble today. This is a complex topic and I think you’ll see by the end that I...
2011-08-08
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Celebrating Mistakes-Part 2
I’ve been thinking about this a lot. It’s easy to say we want to take risks, much harder to set...
2011-08-05
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Celebrating Mistakes-Part 1
Most of us learn more from mistakes than successes. We talk about taking risks, but what is the average response...
2011-08-04
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Detecting Fake Reviews
I saw this write up about Cornell coming up with a way to detect fake online reviews with about 90%...
2011-08-03
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Fitting In-The Editorial
This editorial I wrote ran on SQLServerCentral a couple weeks back and generated a lot of comments, and more than...
2011-08-02
299 reads
Notes from SQLSaturday #81
I started by journey to Birmingham by leaving work at 1130 and getting to the airport in time to have...
2011-08-01
299 reads
Big Numbers
What had me reflecting on numbers was an article in the Financial Times (Conduit of Contention if you can find...
2011-07-29
1,496 reads
Do You Work for #1?
Someone recently asked me if I would work for a company if I didn’t believe in their products or services...
2011-07-28
647 reads
Blogs
SQL Server 2025 RegEx and AI
By Steve Jones
One of the language changes in SQL Server 2025 that I’ve seen a lot...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: SQL Server 2025 Backup Changes
By Steve Jones
I hosted this month, but I decided to put my own entry in as...
Why Databases Still Fascinate Me
By Chris Yates
I get asked a lot about why or how I began working with databases...
Forums
How do you approach engineering services consulting?
I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of consulting in engineering projects. Having...
Columnstore index question
Hi experts, I’ve been going through several articles and videos about Columnstore indexes, but...
Transactional Replication
Recently stood up a 2022 Enterprise server. Have 8 publications with subscriptions on a...
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