Celebrating Mistakes-Part 2
I’ve been thinking about this a lot. It’s easy to say we want to take risks, much harder to set...
2011-08-05
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Andy Warren
Celebrating Mistakes-Part 1
Most of us learn more from mistakes than successes. We talk about taking risks, but what is the average response...
2011-08-04
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Detecting Fake Reviews
I saw this write up about Cornell coming up with a way to detect fake online reviews with about 90%...
2011-08-03
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It’s Good to Eat Alone
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at the choice of eating with someone else, or alone and the benefits of each.
2011-08-03
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Fitting In-The Editorial
This editorial I wrote ran on SQLServerCentral a couple weeks back and generated a lot of comments, and more than...
2011-08-02
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Notes from SQLSaturday #81
I started by journey to Birmingham by leaving work at 1130 and getting to the airport in time to have...
2011-08-01
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Big Numbers
What had me reflecting on numbers was an article in the Financial Times (Conduit of Contention if you can find...
2011-07-29
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Do You Work for #1?
Someone recently asked me if I would work for a company if I didn’t believe in their products or services...
2011-07-28
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Projects – Win Early
Project plans should try to plan for some unknowns. For large projects they include known risks, vacation time, maybe even...
2011-07-26
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My Schedule for The Remainder of 2011
Just a few notes about things I’m doing over the next few months:
July 30 – Attending SQLSaturday Birmingham. I went to...
2011-07-25
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Blogs
Finding fields used in a Power BI report in PBIR format with Semantic Link Labs
Have you ever wondered where a certain field is used in a report? Or...
Adding Test data to msdb.sysjobhistory
By Steve Jones
One of our internal people was looking to test some process in (I assume)...
Microsoft Ignite Announcements Nov 2024
By James Serra
Announced at Microsoft Ignite last week were some new product features related to the...
Forums
% processor Time in Activity monitor is greyed out
When I connect to my SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) from...
Tools for MySQL memory estimations and optimization?
Hi all! I’ve been using MySQLCalculator.com for memory calculations, but I’m looking for alternatives...
Question of the Day
The Hash Join II
Which of these inputs is the smaller input to a hash join?
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