Speaking on Standardize SQL Server Implementations (Dev to Prod)
In this session Prakash will walk through the process he has implemented to alleviates many of the pain points for...
2014-10-31
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Tales from the Query Processor III
https://www.flickr.com/photos/socal_jim/2070088596/Hello Dear Reader! It’s that time of year again. The leaves are turning, temperatures are changing, and Halloween is once...
2014-10-31
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Reblog: October 24 to October 30
Photo credit – Mike Lynch
A good cure to a creepy doll is a good old post that is still useful. In...
2014-10-31
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It’s That Time Again
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…”
No, not the end-of-year festival of repetitive music, overeating, and trampling on other...
2014-10-31
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Changing Your SQL Server Name
Reading Time: 2 minutesIs the name of your SQL Server correct?
Why Worry About The Server Name In SQL?
When the name...
2014-10-31
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Changing Your SQL Server Name
Is the name of your SQL Server correct?
Why Worry About The Server Name In SQL?
When the name of the actual...
2014-10-31
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Summit and something new…
Let me just say, I’m excited.
First of all, can you believe that the PASS Summit is next week? Next. Week.
Are...
2014-10-31
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I Won’t Be At the PASS Summit This Year
Due to a minor health issue I’ve decided to – for once – be conservative and cancel the trip this year. I’ve...
2014-10-31
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Friday Followup For October 31, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-10-31
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Lightning Talks at SQL Saturday?
We’re already in the early stages of preparing for our 2015 SQL Saturday. One thing that was missing from this year’s event was local speakers; we just didn’t have...
2014-10-31
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Blogs
A New Word: Semaphorism
By Steve Jones
semaphorism – n. a conversational hint that you have something personal to say on...
SQL Server Linux Container Images Got Smaller: Image Size and Startup Time Across Cumulative Updates
This week I was at PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle, and I attended...
Using AI to Build Semantic Models, Ontologies, and Fabric Data Agents
By James Serra
(This is the third post in a three-part series on how AI is changing...
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Question of the Day
Adding Bits I
I have a table, dbo.bittest, where I am testing an application response. This has this structure:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[BitTest] ( [insertdate] [datetime] NULL CONSTRAINT [DF__BitTest__insertd__300F11AC] DEFAULT (getdate()), [a] [bit] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOMy application runs this code:
INSERT dbo.BitTest
(
insertdate,
a
)
VALUES
(DEFAULT, 'true')
GO
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