PASS 2011 Countdown – Starting Now
Seriously, the clock is ticking and you should be in your car or a plane for PASS Summit by now. ...
2011-10-09
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StrateSQL
Lyrics for “SQL and I Know It”
I hadn’t planned to post the lyrics for yesterday’s song, but Mark Vaillancourt (Blog | @markvsql) thought that I should. Since he’s...
2011-10-07
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PASS 2011 Countdown – 1 Week To Go
Oh, dear! One more week until this year’s PASS Summit. If you haven’t registered yet, you’re really cutting it close. ...
2011-10-06
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October Monthly SQL Server Checklist
It’s the first Monday of the October and it’s time to do a monthly checkup. If you are like me,...
2011-10-03
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Re-blog – September 23 – September 30
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-09-30
1,376 reads
SQL Saturday in Iowa City This Weekend
In just a few short days, it will be time for SQL Saturday #98 in Iowa City. If you’ve got...
2011-09-27
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PASS 2011 Countdown – 2 Weeks To Go
I’m not sure how we got to 2-weeks until this year’s PASS Summit. If you haven’t registered yet it’s really...
2011-09-26
526 reads
Re-blog – September 16 – September 22
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week. Some posts...
2011-09-23
610 reads
PASS 2011 Countdown – 3 Weeks To Go
Another week down and there are now 3-weeks until this year’s PASS Summit. Take a moment and register now if...
2011-09-23
676 reads
MVP Deep Dives 2… Pre-Order
Every couple days, I’ve been checking for it and finally tonight I saw that the upcoming edition of SQL Server...
2011-09-22
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Blogs
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
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I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
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Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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