SQL Saturday Dallas Update
Just a quick update on the SQL Saturday event we are planning for the Dallas area next year. Late last...
2009-09-13
668 reads
Tim Mitchell
Updating Existing Data with SSIS
I see a lot of questions on the forums about updating existing data in SSIS. When the update is dynamic...
2009-09-10
22,357 reads
SpeakerRate – Need Your Feedback
Everybody loves a compliment. Not everyone enjoys criticism, even if it’s constructive and politely delivered, but the fact is that...
2009-09-08
767 reads
24 Hours of PASS - Recap
At times it felt like a party, it had enough content to be a mini-conference, and we learned that some...
2009-09-03
870 reads
Keeping a Low Profile
I’ve been mostly offline for the last ten days or so, cutting back on blogging and forum participation and mostly...
2009-09-01
557 reads
Pass Board of Directors
As you’ve no doubt heard or read, the call for nominations for the PASS Board of Directors is open until...
2009-08-27
587 reads
A New Identity
Well, perhaps not a whole new identity, just a consolidation of multiple facets of my online persona. For several years...
2009-08-23
534 reads
The Netbook: 40 Days In
I wrote last month about purchasing a new Toshiba netbook to supplement my mobile computing arsenal. Forty days later, I’m...
2009-08-22
611 reads
SQL Lunch
Baton Rouge SQL Server group leader and recent SQL Saturday host Patrick LeBlanc is putting together a new learning series. ...
2009-08-21
700 reads
Don’t Use USE (in SSIS, at least)
I ran into a situation this week that brought to light a subtle syntactical error I’d made in creating an...
2009-08-19
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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
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers