An Artist I’m Not!
One of the gifts my Mom gave my children was a ‘Painting Rocks’ kit. Great marketing, six medium sized rocks,...
2011-01-07
555 reads
SQLAndy
Goals for 2011
Last week I wrote about my goals for last year and some frustration at having to make some trade offs...
2011-01-06
571 reads
Good People Know Good People
I can’t remember where I heard this recently, but it’s been stuck in my head as one of those bits...
2011-01-05
617 reads
Schedule Posted for SQLSaturday #62 in Tampa
The schedule is posted for SQLSaturday #62 coming to Tampa on January 15, 2011. I don’t have a presentation on...
2011-01-04
556 reads
Looking Back at 2010
I’m writing this the day before Xmas, trying to finish up a bunch of odd tasks before the holiday weekend...
2010-12-30
1,447 reads
Book Review: Bury My Heart at Conference Room B
Bury My Heart at Conference Room B: The Unbeatable Impact of Truly Committed Managers by Stan Slap ($15 @ Amazon) is...
2010-12-29
733 reads
Meet a New Blogger: Malathi Mahadevan
My friend Malathi (Mala) Mahadevan has chaired the Louisville PASS Chapter for the past couple years, and will be heading...
2010-12-27
976 reads
Updated SQLRally Flyer
We’ve updated the original flyer to the new and improved model that has the prices. The image below is a...
2010-12-23
716 reads
Lunch Story #3–No Free Sandwiches
This time the plan was to go to Arby’s because it was close and my friend Rob had coupons for...
2010-12-23
556 reads
Book Plug: Say Goodbye
I read a lot, and often marvel at the effort that goes into writing them, and I think I get...
2010-12-22
615 reads
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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