MockingJay – a review
After a long wait, I have finally read the final installment in the “Hunger Games” trilogy. I read the other...
2011-01-04
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MCM Prep – Sliding the test
If you can’t cram enough for the test, what’s the thing to do? Slide the test. I realized last night...
2011-01-04
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Microsoft DreamSpark for Students
If you are a college or high school student, you can get a very valuable assortment of free software from...
2011-01-04
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Finding last database growth date and time
A file growth operation on a database server is a extremely expensive operation. Many Performance problems correlate to a Data...
2011-01-04
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Which Process ID is SQL Server running on?
There was an interesting question posted on a forum recently, asking how can you tell which sqlservr.exe process (shown in...
2011-01-04
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Filling in Data Potholes Redux: Tally Tables vs CTEs
In A Previous Installment
Re-Ducks
… our heroine (that’s me) rediscovered CTEs, specifically in the recursive style. That was in my post...
2011-01-04
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Capturing the Execution Plan
One last post on execution plans and Profiler (at least for now)
When trying to check a query’s execution plan, the...
2011-01-04
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PASS SQLRally Update–Voting Pushed Back
In our original plan for PASS SQLRally we had set this week as the week to start voting for sessions. ...
2011-01-04
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XQuery for the Non-Expert – Binary Values
Follow the rest of this series at the XQuery for the Non-Expert – X-Query Resources introduction post.
Talk to the Experts
In the...
2011-01-04
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Schedule Posted for SQLSaturday #62 in Tampa
The schedule is posted for SQLSaturday #62 coming to Tampa on January 15, 2011. I don’t have a presentation on...
2011-01-04
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Blogs
Fighting Procrastination?
By Brian Kelley
Here is another short video (~ 15 minutes). This is by the author of...
A Fun Prize at the PASS Data Community Summit
By Steve Jones
I had a briefing for the 2026 PASS Data Community Summit, which is just...
How to Measure AI Value: A 6-Branch AI Maturity Model for Use Cases and Agents
Your AI is busy. But do you know what it's worth? Most companies can...
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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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