Thoughts on the March 17, 2015 PASS Town Hall
I listened to most of the town hall today. The main topic was the just voted on changes to the...
2016-03-18
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SQLAndy
Notes from SQLSaturday Tampa 2016
Quick notes:
Speaker dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse. Good location, but just a little confined and a little noisy. Perfect location is...
2016-03-09
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Notes From the February 2016 OPASS Meeting
I gave my presentation on automating restores. Part philosophy (why you need it) and part tech (one way to do...
2016-03-09
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SSC Editorial: Lessons From Little Green Army Men
This one is about spending time with my daughter – she bought some army men as a toy after a visit...
2016-03-09
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SSC Editorial: Spousal Surcharges
I had to laugh as I write this, the “Spousal Surcharges” title is awfully close to clickbait. The topic is...
2016-03-09
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Comments on Proposed Changes to the NomCom Process
On Friday Thomas LaRock posted Changes to the NomCom Process on the PASS blog for comment prior to the Board...
2016-03-01
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Building With Iron Pipe
For a while I’ve been wanting to do a project that used black iron pipe for the main structure. Kind...
2016-02-16
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Moving to Open Live Writer
I’ve used Windows Live Writer for almost as long as I’ve been blogging (mid 2007 or so). It’s worked well...
2016-02-11
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Speaking at OPASS on February 25, 2016
Last month I visited MagicPASS, this month I’ll be at oPASS and presenting again on my pattern for automating database...
2016-02-02
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Pausing PASSWatch & What’s Next
I just posted Pausing PASSWatch on the PASSWatch blog, wrapping up a project that ran about 16 months. It’s hard...
2016-02-02
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Blogs
March 2026 SQL Server Security Updates
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
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...
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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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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