Community Speakers/Leaders - Where's the ROI?
I participated in a lunch meeting recently with a number of people from MS that work on their community efforts,...
2008-06-16
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SQLAndy
Trigger Notes
One of the questions that came up during a panel discussion at SQLSaturday #4 was whether it was better to...
2008-06-15
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Notes on My Visit To The Space Coast Users Group
I visited the Space Coast group last night, hosted by Ken Tucker, and did about 90 minute of SQL Q&A...
2008-06-12
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SQLSaturday #6 in Cleveland - Registration Open
Long time acquaintance Allen White is hosting SQLSaturday #6 in Cleveland on August 9th. Registration and call for speakers is...
2008-06-12
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Presentations using a Panel Format
At the recent SQLSaturday #4 we had a session end up finishing much earlier than expected, so we gave the...
2008-06-11
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IndyTechFest Update
Just received this from my friend John Magnabosco about the SQL portion of the event:
Business Intelligence Track - TBD (Arie Jones,...
2008-06-10
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Provisioning Storage
It's a rite of passage in our business that we have to learn the RAID levels, and I still enjoy...
2008-06-09
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SQLSaturday #4 Wrap Up
Attendance on Saturday about 450 across the communities (SQL, .Net, DNN, etc). Not as big as we'd hoped, but still...
2008-06-08
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Change of Leaders at ONETUG - Adios Shawn!
Shawn Weisfeld has been the President of ONETUG (Orlando .Net Users Group) for the past three years and has just...
2008-06-08
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Heroes? Probably Not
One of the big themes this year for Microsoft (and I just saw it on the PASS Summit site) is...
2008-06-05
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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
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