Flyclear Revisited
Back in May I wrote about signing up for FlyClear as a way to save time travelling and in doing so,...
2008-10-14
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SQLAndy
Should I Run for the PASS Board of Directors?
I saw the recent Call for Nominations for the election this year, so the title of this post is only...
2008-10-13
521 reads
Post Event Notes on SQLSaturday #5 & SQLSaturday #9, and Future Plans
Thought I'd post these notes based on feedback from the event organizers, wasn't able to attend myself due to scheduling...
2008-10-13
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SQL Server MVP
Can't say I ever expected to say this, but as of October 1st I'm a SQL Server MVP. A nice...
2008-10-13
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Do You Understand Microsoft Licenses?
I had an email from a friend recently asking about a licensing question pertaining to Microsoft. It reminded me of...
2008-10-09
540 reads
Tethering vs Air Card & Other Miscellaneous Phone Thoughts
I've been using a Blackberry Curve for a while and I'm been entirely happy with it. Great phone, great battery...
2008-10-08
531 reads
Do You Love PASS?
Recently Tony Davis posted some thoughts (almost a rant) about his opinions of PASS, and there is a great follow...
2008-10-07
687 reads
Notes on Went Well & What We Could Have Done Better - From SQLSaturday #8
As I mentioned yesterday things went pretty well, but always room for improvement. Here are some notes, if nothing else...
2008-10-06
289 reads
Final Reminder - SQLSaturday #5 & #9 Coming Up on October 11, 2008
You can find details about these great free events at www.sqlsaturday.com. It's definitely been interesting watching them grow from afar...
2008-10-06
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Thoughts on IndyTechFest 2008
I'm writing this as I wait on a flight back to Orlando after spending yesterday with John Magnabosco and team...
2008-10-05
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Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
Forums
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers