Buying a New Cell Phone
For the page 10 months or so I've been using a Samsung Blackjack, before that I used various Blackberries for...
2007-11-21
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SQLAndy
Logging Server Reboots - What the Heck MS?
Maybe someone at MS can explain this; they have that nice dialog that comes up after a reboot where you...
2007-11-21
1,403 reads
SQLSaturday Article Posted on SSC
I wrote up some more notes (in addition to what's available here on the blog) to try to raise the...
2007-11-21
1,373 reads
SQLSaturday #2 aka SQLSaturday Tampa 2007
I had dinner with Wes Dumey and Pam Shaw from Tampa last night to share some lessons learned and hear...
2007-11-20
1,383 reads
Giving PASS Chapters Access to Summit Content
I've got a request in to PASS asking them to release 2 of the many sessions that were presented at...
2007-11-19
1,334 reads
Pics of SQLSaturday
Visit the blog of Joe Healy, my favorite MS Developer Evangelist to see some pics from SQLSaturday. Joe is amazingly...
2007-11-15
1,350 reads
Dr Dobbs & Databases
You may not think of DDJ for database info and I'll admit that what they do cover is often a...
2007-11-15
1,425 reads
Trigger Trivia Posted on SSC
A short article but interesting I think, with some good comments already. I think in general triggers are under used,...
2007-11-13
583 reads
A Couple Days With Joe Celko
We were lucky enough to have Joe come to Orlando to speak at SQLSaturday and we also talked him into...
2007-11-12
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SQLSaturday Orlando 2007 Wrap Up
I'm just finishing up sending out thank you emails to the volunteers, speakers, and sponsors that helped make our first...
2007-11-12
611 reads
Blogs
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...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
Forums
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...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
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