SQL Saturday Dallas
We are in the early stages of planning a SQL Saturday event in the Dallas area for January or February...
2009-07-19
1,076 reads
Tim Mitchell
Being The Best vs. Being Affordable
I read a post on Brent Ozar’s blog last week that discussed employers’ expectations when hiring new team members. Though...
2009-07-13
605 reads
The Netbook
I like my main laptop. It’s big and wide and bright, with lots of power and all of the bells...
2009-07-11
1,391 reads
Presenting at SQL Saturday Baton Rouge
I'll be presenting two sessions at the SQL Saturday event in Baton Rouge on August 1. I'll be presenting a...
2009-07-06
480 reads
Transaction Rollbacks with Identity Values
Have you ever noticed unexpected gaps in sequences in IDENTITY columns? Even though you’ve got transactions set up for your...
2009-07-01
10,015 reads
Speaking at North Texas SQL Server User Group meeting
For those in or around the Dallas area tomorrow (Thursday) evening, I'll be speaking at the North Texas SQL Server...
2009-06-17
786 reads
Update on PASS Selection
I received my notification from the PASS Program Committee on Friday evening,
and found out that I will not be...
2009-06-15
596 reads
Tagged: The Desert Island Scenario
I was tagged by Scary DBA and recent MVP awardee Grant Fritchey with the latest viral question:
“So You’re On A...
2009-06-11
1,339 reads
SQL Saturday Eval Results
I received my evaluation summary from Karla Remail for this weekend's SQL Saturday event. The results are as follows:
Expectations: 0...
2009-06-09
581 reads
SQL Saturday Pensacola pics
The SQL Saturday Pensacola pics are up! Visit the SQL Saturday Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=58052797867&ref=ts
and tag or leave your comments.
2009-06-08
834 reads
Blogs
SQL, MDX, DAX – the languages of data
By DataOnWheels
Ramblings of a retired data architect Let me start by saying that I have...
Setting PK Names in Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
A customer was testing Redgate Data Modeler and complained that it auto-generated PK names....
Flyway Tips: AI Deployment Script Descriptions
By Steve Jones
With the AI push being everywhere, Redgate is no exception. We’ve been getting requests,...
Forums
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...
Semantic Search in SQL Server 2025
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Semantic Search in SQL Server...
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