Brown Bag Lunches/Training - Do They Work?
I'll define a brown bag lunch as a training event held at lunch time where someone on the team does...
2008-09-08
1,100 reads
SQLAndy
Naked Conversations
Sorry, I couldn't help not including 'Book Review' on the subject line, hopefully you're not too disappointed!
I just finished reading...
2008-09-07
357 reads
Renaming Databases Posted on SQLServerCentral.com
Renaming Databases was just published on SSC, another in my lastest effort to expose some of the hidden complexities in seemingly...
2008-09-04
295 reads
Vacations
If all has gone well I've been on vacation this week, enjoying the world class quartz sand at Siesta Key...
2008-09-04
1,110 reads
Performance Tuning Tips From the Consultant Perspective
I do very little consulting these days, perhaps 4-5 weeks per year, and that only to make sure I maintain...
2008-09-03
295 reads
Creating Databases Posted on SQLServerCentral.com
Creating Databases was actually posted last week, but got distracted with some other stuff. A basis walk through of creating...
2008-09-02
398 reads
Speakers/Presenters, Can You Answer ALL The Questions?
When I teach my introductory (and free) Successful Technical Speaking class to try to help beginners enter the world of speaking,...
2008-09-01
407 reads
Labor Day
It's Labor Day here in the US today, a holiday that is tribute to those of us that work, the journey to...
2008-08-31
1,773 reads
Insufficient Space for a Side by Side Restore - What Do You Do?
I was recently working with a student in a one on one format and one the scenarios he wanted to...
2008-08-28
1,424 reads
Reminder: Upcoming SQL Launch Event in Jacksonville, FL on Sep 12, 2008
The Jacksonville SQL Server Users Group (www.jssug.com) is hosting a SQL 2008 launch event on Friday, Sep 12, 2008 in downtown...
2008-08-27
1,370 reads
Blogs
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...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
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...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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