2009 Goals in Review
Late last year, I blogged about some goals I had set for myself to accomplish during 2009. No goal-setting session...
2010-01-01
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Tim Mitchell
The Numbers Don’t Lie… Except When They Do
There are few things more reassuring for a data professional than having clean, consistent data to back up critical business...
2009-12-08
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements for December 2009
Next week, I have the honor of presenting two different sessions on SSIS. These 2 events are the last speaking...
2009-12-07
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Electronic Health Records – What’s the Big Deal? (Part 3)
In the previous post in this series, I discussed the obstacles to implementing electronic health data systems. Because of these...
2009-12-03
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BIDN.com Launch Today
For those interested in the SQL Server BI space, there is a new online resource launching today. Brian Knight and...
2009-12-01
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SQL Saturday Dallas – Registration and Call for Speakers is Open!
I’m happy to announce that SQL Saturday Dallas is officially scheduled, and the registration and call for speakers is open. ...
2009-11-30
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Ft. Worth SQL Server User Group Meeting Recap
I’d like to say thanks to Andy and Judith over at the Ft. Worth SQL Server User Group for having...
2009-11-26
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Speaking at Ft. Worth SQL Server UG on Wednesday
If you’re in the Ft. Worth area next Wednesday, November 18, please join me at the Ft. Worth SQL Server...
2009-11-13
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SQL PASS Summit 2009 – Parting Thoughts
So now that we’re 7 days removed from the end of the SQL PASS summit, I’ve finally managed to arrange...
2009-11-13
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SQL PASS Summit 2009 – Day 3
The day started off with the Quest Software breakfast presentation, to which I arrived late to find a standing-room-only crowd. ...
2009-11-04
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Blogs
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
Azure SQL Managed Instance Next-Gen: Bring on the IOPS
By John
If you’ve used Azure SQL Managed Instance General Purpose, you know the drill: to...
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Forums
Two foreign keys to the same table. Can't cascade deletes.
Not sure if this is really a relational theory question but it seems about...
Connecting Power BI to SSAS and effective user not working
Hi everyone, Below is a consolidated summary of what we validated Architecture & data...
High Availability setup - has anyone seen this method?
Hi all, I recently moved to a new employer who have their HA setup...
Question of the Day
Encoding URLs
I have this data in a SQL Server 2025 table:
CREATE TABLE Response ( ResponseID INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT ResponsePK PRIMARY KEY , ResponseVal VARBINARY(5000) ) GOIf I want to get a value from this table that I can add to a URL in a browser, which of these code items produces a result I can use? See possible answers