The Year of Change: 2010 In Review
Like clockwork, another year has come and (almost) gone. It’s been a wild year on many fronts: major happenings included...
2010-12-31
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Tim Mitchell
Presenting at PASS AppDev Virtual Chapter
Join me next Tuesday, December 14th at 11:00am CST as I present a webcast on behalf of the PASS AppDev...
2010-12-10
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SQL PASS 2010 Summit – Recap
The sessions are over, and the post-cons are done; the vendor parties are but a memory, and the #sqlkaraoke music...
2010-11-22
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Un-SQL Friday: Personal Branding – Don’t Bother
My friend Jen McCown of MidnightDBA fame issued a challenge last week called “Un-SQL Friday”. The inaugural topic is on...
2010-11-21
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SQL PASS Summit 2010 – Keynote Day 3
Today is the last official day of the SQL PASS 2010 summit, which also means the last day for live...
2010-11-11
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Networking, Newbies, and SQLPASS
This year, PASS is taking an extra step to help identify first time summit attendees. Most attendees are given ribbons...
2010-11-10
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SQL PASS Summit 2010, Keynote Day 2
The second day of the SQL PASS summit has already started in unique fashion. Today is #sqlkilt day, and there...
2010-11-10
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SQL PASS 2010 Keynote, Day 1
The day 1 keynote was kicked off by a Tina Turner impersonator doing a rendition of “Simply the Best”. Rushabh...
2010-11-09
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Live, Loud, and In Stereo
If you followed the PASS Summit activities last year, you’ll probably remember the “blogger table”. This was an area designated...
2010-10-29
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Houston Tech Fest 2010
A few weekends ago, I participated in my first Tech Fest, speaking at the Houston Tech Fest 2010 event held...
2010-10-26
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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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