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
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
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...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
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...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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