PreCon Sessions at the PASS Summit
My friend Andy Leonard posted yesterday about the process of getting selected for one of the coveted slots as a...
2010-06-01
387 reads
SQLAndy
Building Better (Different) Habits
For years, ever since I was first required to be on call, I’ve made it a habit to check my...
2010-06-01
625 reads
Book Review: The Yankee Years
The Yankee Years by Joe Torre ($12 @ Amazon) was a gift, and I enjoyed it more than expected. When it...
2010-05-28
1,406 reads
Follow Up On My Keynote Survey
Here are the results of the survey, 75% in favor of a non-technical keynote, with a less than stellar sampling...
2010-05-27
618 reads
Does The Job Matter To You?
Last week I wrote an editorial for SQLServerCentral titled Does The Job Matter To You?, asking how much the type...
2010-05-25
555 reads
PASS Update #33 (SQLSaturday Transfer)
I’ve just finished handing over the source code for all the SQLSaturday related items after finishing up a couple minor...
2010-05-24
487 reads
Book Review: Currencies That Buy Credibility
I ordered a copy of Currencies That Buy Credibility ($14 @ Amazon) after a comment from author Tom Wanek on Twitter...
2010-05-21
542 reads
PASS Update #32 (Spring Event & May 2010 Minutes)
If you download the May 2010 minutes of the Board meeting (login required) you’ll see that we devoted an entire...
2010-05-21
587 reads
Preparing for SQLSaturday #49
We’re still in the early stages so the pace is comfortably slow. We’ve got about 30 sessions in already (plenty...
2010-05-20
516 reads
Unofficial Poll on 2010 PASS Summit Keynote Speaker
I’ve blogged on this before, here and here, and ended up chatting about it on Twitter (see, I do use...
2010-05-19
665 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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