A moment of void in the cranium reveals a recursive computed column with an esoteric message
Msg 402, Level 16, State 1, Line 67
The data types varchar and void type are incompatible in the add...
2013-05-30
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I am Speaking at 2013 PASS Member Summit!
Speaking at PASS Summit 2013
Every single year I look forward to the PASS Member Summit. In a nutshell it is...
2013-05-30
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Saving Grace
According to Merriam-Webster the definition of grace is:
1a : unmerited divine assistance given humans for their regeneration or sanctification; b : a...
2013-05-30
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Backup a password, change it, then restore it.
A couple of months ago I talked about moving a login from one server to another without the password. The...
2013-06-05 (first published: 2013-05-30)
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SQL Saturday Charleston!
Finally.... SQL Saturday has come back to... South Carolina! (with apologies to The Rock)
After the last SQL Saturday in Columbia,...
2013-05-30
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SQL Server security webinar series is coming soon!
I've gotten in contact with most of the speakers who submitted SQL Server security talks for the PASS Summit. All...
2013-06-04 (first published: 2013-05-30)
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Building a SharePoint 2013 BI Demo Environment Part 1 – Introduction
Recently I had to give a Power View demo for a client. Giving a demonstration means of course you have...
2013-05-30
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SSIS 2012 Deployment Fail Part Two: SSIS Server Maintenance Job
Recently I post about a timeout issue I was getting when deploying SSIS projects. It was mainly to do with too much log and previous versions being kept in...
2013-05-30
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Hangouts Session with Boris Hristov
I was invited to take part in a new initiative conceived by Boris Hristov (Blog|Twitter).
Boris wants to start using the...
2013-05-29
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Security Questions: Accessing SQL Server Securables
As I mentioned in the introductory post, during the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’sTraining on the T’s, I...
2013-06-04 (first published: 2013-05-29)
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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Question of the Day
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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