Comments on a Recent Visit to Boston
Slightly off topic today.
It's fair to say I'm not a great traveler. Waiting for planes, dealing with the hassles of...
2008-08-26
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SQLAndy
Tool Review: Quicken
I've used Quicken for a long time now and it's the center of how I manage finances at home. There...
2008-08-25
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Assessing DB Changes
One of the things I teach in our admin course is that it's not enough to just be the gatekeeper/central...
2008-08-24
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Taking Care of Employees - Storms
As I write this a tropical storm is passing over Orlando and has turned out to be milder than expected...
2008-08-21
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SQLSaturday #8 in Orlando - Update (Aug 21)
Registration has been open for only a few weeks and we've got 110 registered so far, a nice start! We...
2008-08-20
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Troubleshooting High Connections & What's The Application Name?
I was visiting with a client recently when they asked me to come take a look at an incident in...
2008-08-20
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Notes on My Visit to the St Louis SQL Group
Actually it was subset of the group, but Kathi & Julie from the St Louis SQL Server User Group did a...
2008-08-19
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Building a Security Philosophy Posted on SQLServerCentral.com
This was actually posted about a week ago, fell behind a little during travelling. Building a Security Philosophy was written...
2008-08-18
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IndyTechFest Update - Aug 18, 2008
Just had a note from John Magnabosco, the schedule for the event on Oct 4, 2008 has been published. I'll...
2008-08-18
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SQLSaturday #9 in Greenville, SC on Oct 11, 2008
Paul Waters and team from the SQL Server Innovators Guild have decided to host a SQLSaturday at ECPI Greenville, SC...
2008-08-18
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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
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