An Update on My Dell E6500
I bought my E6500 almost three years ago, giving away what was a perfectly good Latitude to trade up to...
2011-06-17
558 reads
Andy Warren
Phrases that Resonate
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Are there particular phrases that you use in technology that resonate with you and have particular meanings? Andy shares a few of his favorites.
2011-06-16
143 reads
Used Book Stores and Vacation Reading
I took a vacation recently (well, a really long weekend) and as I like to do, visited a few book...
2011-06-16
669 reads
PASS Update #57-Board Benefits, Travel, and Meetings
From time to time I get asked about how PASS Board members are compensated, so I thought it would make...
2011-06-15
684 reads
Hash Tag Art
I haven’t tried this, but run across a reference to hashtagart that looks pretty interesting as a way to use...
2011-06-14
625 reads
PASS Update #56-SQLRally 2012 Site Selection
Note: This is a good, bad, and ugly post. We took some chances, got some things right, got more than...
2011-06-13
986 reads
Book Review: Make the Impossible Possible: One Man”s Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Achieve the Extraordinary
I finished reading Make the Impossible Possible: One Man”s Crusade to Inspire Others to Dream Bigger and Achieve the Extraordinary...
2011-06-10
786 reads
What Color Were You On Today?
The school my daughter attends gives each student a workbook type thing at the beginning of each year, and it...
2011-06-09
598 reads
Another Idea for SQLSaturday
I spend a lot of time just looking at events, watching for new ideas. At our recent SQLRally we had...
2011-06-07
637 reads
Just Deserts
Here’s another photo from my phone, this one from SQLSaturday Tampa in the cafeteria area. An easy typo to make,...
2011-06-02
602 reads
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
Import data from json file with special characters
I am using the following script to import data from a json file. This...
% 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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