SQL Server: String Pattern Matching
It is common scenario that, we might need to extract the data from the SQL server based on some pattern....
2012-09-13
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Yesterday I was hacked
That’s right, for all my years in IT yesterday I was the victim of a vicious and deeply distressing incident....
2012-09-13
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Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
I have spent a lot of time on the road this year with work but over the summer I was...
2012-09-13
650 reads
Labor Day Bloopers
The raw footage of all the mistakes I’ve made since the Fourth of July.
Part 1
Part 2
Filed under: Blog Tagged: Humor,...
2012-09-12
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SQL Server: Understanding GAM and SGAM Pages
We know that SQL server stores the data in 8 KB pages. An extent is made up of 8 physically contiguous...
2012-09-12
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Interview on RunAsRadio #281 with Richard Campbell
I recently had a chance to record a 33 minute podcast interview on RunAs Radio #281 with Richard Campbell, where...
2012-09-12
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Sometimes Failure Is An Option
Wouldn’t it be nice if failure was an option? You could go along in life, screw it all up and...
2012-09-12
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Master Data Services Terminology Overview
When moving from a data warehouse world to MDM, there is some new terminology to learn. Each of the terms...
2012-09-12
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Pearls in the Ocean – Part 1
In our day to day life with SQL Server, We refer web for many reasons.
This includes understanding new SQL...
2012-09-12
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Misc Reading for September 12, 2012
Sharing some stuff I’ve read recently that I found interesting – and that you may find interesting!
Help More, Judge Less. I’ll...
2012-09-12
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
Forums
Execute as failure
Security has long been a problem for me. Every time I think I understand...
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BIT_COUNT() V
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