The Starting Point
The Mojave Experiment is a marketing effort by Microsoft that is very interesting in looking at first impressions. Steve Jones comments.
MySQL Primer for the SQL Sever DBA
This is an introduction into Mysql for the SQL Server user. It compares the various engines of Mysql and how they compare to SQL Server.
Bill Baker - Database Weekly (Aug 11, 2008)
This weeks Database Weekly looks at a longtime leader for the Microsoft SQL Server development team leaving the company.
Bill Baker - Database Weekly (Aug 11, 2008)
This weeks Database Weekly looks at a longtime leader for the Microsoft SQL Server development team leaving the company.
Bill Baker - Database Weekly (Aug 11, 2008)
This weeks Database Weekly looks at a longtime leader for the Microsoft SQL Server development team leaving the company.
Mastering OLAP Reports: Parameterizing Number of “Top” Items with the MDX TopCount() Function, Part I
Writing high-performance reports against Analysis Services cubes means learning MDX to some extent. Parameterization of MDX functions is one of those things that cannot be delivered solely via graphical MDX Editor. BI Architect Bill Pearson demonstrates a way to parameterize the highly useful TopCount() function.
Processing XML Showplans Using SQLCLR in SQL Server 2005
Build an application to extract a query's estimated execution cost from its XML showplan. Users can submit only those queries costing less than a predetermined threshold to a server running SQL Server 2005, thereby ensuring it is not overloaded with costly, long-running queries.
Viewing Analysis Services Data in Excel 2007 - SQL School Video
Excel is a wonderful tool for examining the data in your SSAS cubes. MVP Brian Knight shows how you can access the data in Analysis Services or a SQL Server database from Excel 2007.
Blogs
Overview of Claude AI Models: Which One to Choose?
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Houston AI-Lytics 2026–Powerpoint Slides
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Thanks to everyone for attending my session on running a Local LLM. If you...
The Book of Redgate: Do the Right Things
By Steve Jones
I do believe that Redgate has been very customer focused since it’s inception. I’ve...
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SSIS package failing intermittently on last Excel Component
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T-SQL in SQL Server 2025: JSON_ARRAYAGG
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Spring Connections and Learning at PASS On Tour
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Question of the Day
Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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