Need the First Tuesday Beyond Y days after X Date
A task was set before our team to find the first Tuesday after 10 days from a specific date. This article shows how we accomplished that.
The Contest That's Out of the World
Steve Jones talks about the most interesting contest, evah! Brought to you by Red Gate Software.
Why send a DBA into space?
Why? Because they're the real Masters of the Universe. Red Gate Software is giving DBAs a chance to fly in space. As in, weightless, in orbit, out of the Earth's atmosphere.
Going Beyond the Relational Model with Data
SQL is a powerful tool for querying data, and for aggregating it. However, you can't easily use it to draw inferences, to make predictions, or to tease out subtle correlations. To provide ever more sophisticated inferences to businesses, the race is on to combine the power of the relational model with advanced statistical packages. Both IBM and PostGres are ready with solutions. And SQL Server? Hmm...
The Countdown
Steve Jones has a short piece today, about an announcement coming today at 10am PST during the PASS Summit.
Adding a Node to a SQL Server 2005 Failover Cluster
Setting up multi-node clustered SQL instances from scratch is common practice for companies that want to implement high availability, but adding a new node to an existing clustered SQL instance that has been running for a while may have a few sticking points, especially for a SQL 2005 instance.
First Day of Summit
My first day in Seattle has ended. My flight arrived around 12:30 and I was in good company with John Lang and Julie Smith on the same flight. We rode the light rail...
Are You On the List?
The SQLServerCentral 2011 Party at the Summit is getting bigger and bigger. See if you are on the list, and if not, learn how to get your ticket.
Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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