Well Run Companies
One of the things I use to identify how well a company is managed is by looking at how (well)...
2008-07-13
1,623 reads
SQLAndy
SQLSaturday #5 & #6 Update
SQLSaturday #5 in Olympia is progressing nicely. Greg, Russ, and team have locked in a venue and with registration just...
2008-07-11
408 reads
Vacation Reading - Boyd & Mullane
I did quite a bit of reading during a recent week off including two biographies. One was Boyd: The Fighter...
2008-07-10
390 reads
Employee or 1099, Part 2
A couple weeks back I posted Employee or 1099 and now that my friend Wes Dumey has posted his last installment, I...
2008-07-09
318 reads
Ironkey Personal - Super Secure USB?
Ran across IronKey Personal in PC Magazine and thought some of you might be interested. It has built in encryption,...
2008-07-08
280 reads
Listening on a Non Standard Port
I had a note to myself to write up some notes about listening on a non standard port, but it...
2008-07-07
396 reads
One Year Blog Review
Just over a year ago I decided to start a blog and I put an item on my calendar to...
2008-07-06
356 reads
Celebrating July 4th
I try to limit the number of truly off topic posts I do, but today is a special day in...
2008-07-03
239 reads
INETA Champs Program
My friend Shawn Weiseld posted a note about the new INETA Champs Program. Looks interesting and is a nice step...
2008-07-02
349 reads
Growing New Speakers/How to Go National/PASS Needs a Policy
I commented in an earlier post about the challenges PASS has in trying to select a 100 or so speakers...
2008-07-01
295 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?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers