2020-01-10
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Misc
2020-01-01
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Looking Back at the Decade
Today is the last day of 2019, and the last day of the 2010 decade. I'm still somewhat amazed by the fact that we're entering the 2020s and we still don't really have flying cars. We're well past 2001 and 2010, and still not much space exploration, though the growth in computing power and AI/ML […]
2019-12-31
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2019-12-30
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Summer Break
Just one day between a holiday and a weekend, so Steve asks for the ways you escape work this summer.
2019-07-05
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2019-04-26
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Expediency versus Best Practice!
Rumour has it that some grand old houses in the British Isles may be haunted. A SQL Server consultant spends a night in such a house musing over the use of T-SQL versus SSIS. The story is entirely fictitious and the article has been written pro bono and dedicated to the SQL Server community. For its interest, amusement and imagination.
2015-02-02
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2012-12-28
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Blogs
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BIT_COUNT() V
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