Quick and Dirty Code Compare
MS Word 2007 (and probably earlier versions) have the ability to do a basic document compare, useful if you're at...
2008-06-30
1,328 reads
SQLAndy
Why Format TSQL?
Recently I had the chance to help a student debug a problem on a production server. It appeared to be...
2008-06-29
1,456 reads
Volunteering
Recently I was visiting with an old acquaintance and one of the topics that came up was volunteers. At some...
2008-06-26
2,217 reads
SQLSaturday Call for Speakers - Cleveland & Olympia
Call for speakers is open for SQLSaturday #5 in Olympia, WA on Oct 10 (note that the MS BI conference...
2008-06-25
1,466 reads
Employee or 1099?
My friend Wes Dumey does a lot of work in the business intelligence sector as a contract employee and has...
2008-06-24
1,618 reads
Microsoft BI Conference Oct 6-8, 2008
Had missed the announcement, came up in conversation yesterday with a friend, the BI conference will be Oct 6-8 in...
2008-06-23
1,638 reads
Notes on My Visit to Birmingham SQL Group
Spent last Tues/Wed in Birmingham, speaking at the user group Tuesday night and then presenting a seminar on Wed. Attendance...
2008-06-22
1,399 reads
Transparent, Translucent, or Opaque? Whats Your Strategy?
It's a couple weeks old, but there was a mild blog roar over some comments from Microsoft about wanting to...
2008-06-19
1,551 reads
SQLSaturday #4 Lessons Learned
Earlier in the week I posted a quick & positive note about the event, today I'll add some notes about things...
2008-06-18
1,388 reads
Link: Killing Terminal Service Connections
Needed to kill a connection so I get could logged on recently to a server and didn't have the server...
2008-06-17
1,394 reads
Blogs
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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A Full Shutdown
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Question of the Day
OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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