Backup/Restore–What’s My Status?
The day begins and you find yourself going through a list in your mind of things that need to be...
2017-02-02 (first published: 2017-01-26)
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The SQL Professor
5 Characteristics Every Leader Should Practice
The word leadership has many synonyms attributed to it. Something that can be learned early on in one’s career is that...
2017-01-24
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Why Use Red Gate’s SQL Multi Script?
Someone once told me at the shop that we have plenty of software utilities laying around that could be very...
2017-01-18
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Hold The Fort
Have you ever heard the phrase “Hold The Fort”? Long ago in battle supply routes were targeted by enemy regiments...
2017-01-12 (first published: 2017-01-05)
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Looking Back At 2016
When this blog started back in 2011 I had no idea that it would continue to grow to where it...
2016-12-29
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The New PASS Logo and More
Change is not always easy. In fact, change is hard.
“Change” is a word from which some people shy away, and...
2016-12-20
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A Data Professional’s Story – PASS Summit 2016
This year is different. Why? I’m not sure yet. There is a lot of reflection going on since my return...
2016-11-11 (first published: 2016-11-02)
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PASS Summit Keynote 2 – Release 2
Dr. David DeWitt is getting ready to take the stage to a huge ovation and is thrilled to be back...
2016-10-27
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PASS Summit Keynote 2 – Release 1
Grant Fritchey taking the stage to talk about the financial health of PASS.
250k members , 170 countries, and 87% global representation...
2016-10-27
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PASS Keynote Part 2 – Live Coverage
Good morning from PASS Summit in Seattle, Washington. Like yesterday I will be live blogging the event. The same format...
2016-10-27
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Blogs
The Benefits of Teaching
By Brian Kelley
Even preparing for a class or seminar with set materials takes a lot of...
Power BI, Excel, OneLake – Dreams Do Come True!
By DataOnWheels
I can’t believe it’s finally here! A way to have Excel live in OneDrive...
The Book of Redgate: What Our Staff Says
By Steve Jones
This image is from 2010, and it goes along with my last post of...
Forums
Help! MEMORY_ALLOCATION_EXT wait stalls
Hi I have an overnight process that moves allot of claims records Been working...
Unlocking Data Transformation: My journey with dbt (Data Build Tool) on SQL Server
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Putting the Player with the Number
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Question of the Day
Putting the Player with the Number
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
DECLARE @player varchar(20) = 'Bo Nix', @num VARCHAR = '10' SELECT @player || @numSee possible answers