FOR XML PATH using node tests in column aliases

I've used SQL to generate countless blobs of xml over the years and one feature that I have come to...

Data Mining

Data mining techniques can be used in virtually all business applications, answering various types of businesses questions. In truth, given...

Master Data Services Error: Resolving from a long-running stucked Staging Batch with Status “Queued to Clear” or “Not Running”

In some ocassions,  you may run into a runaway, long-running or stucked staging batch with Master Data Services in SQL Server 2008...

SQL Saturday #104: Colorado Springs

I’ll be presenting at the Colorado Springs SQL Saturday on January 7th of 2012. The session is called Seven Ways...

PASS Data Architecture VC: Jeremy Huppatz - Row Versioned Data Warehouses

Subject: Row Versioned Data WarehousesLevel: 200-300 (Intermediate)

Start Time: Thursday, December 15th, 2011 8:00 PM US Central Time
Presenter: Jeremy Huppatz...

Does the Role of the DBA Need to Evolve?

This editorial was originally published in Database Weekly.
The November 2011 edition of Popular Science magazine was devoted to data. In...

Adam answers your questions on YouTube

Folks,
There are many outlet s to get information on this year’s SQL PASS board of directors candidates. Including :
SQLPASS Election...

PASS Data Arch. Virtual Chapter: Row Versioned Data Warehouses

PASS Data Arch. Virtual Chapter: Row Versioned Data Warehouses
Subject:Row Versioned Data WarehousesStart Time:Thursday, December 15, 2011 6:00 PM US Pacific...

#SQLLove for my Mentor

In 1986, my big brother Jim accidentally encouraged me on my road to geekdom by purchasing an Apple][e, and later...

TechNet Virtual Labs

There is an excellent site called TechNet Virtual Labs that enables you to quickly and easily evaluate Microsoft’s newest products and...