SQL Saturday Southampton Pre-con
It’s been a while since my last pre-con, in fact it’s been a while since my last SQL Saturday with...
2015-10-01
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Richard Douglas
- Interests: Usual stuff: family, SQL Server, shiny things.
Voting in the PASS Election 2015
Another year, another set of elections. It’s that time where those who care about their industry and the future of...
2015-09-17
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Career Progression
Deciding to change jobs can be one of the most difficult decisions you can make. At Dell I was part...
2015-08-07
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T-SQL Tuesday 66 Monitoring – Agent Alerts
Alerts have been around for as long as I can remember, so some time before breakfast. That probably means you...
2015-05-12
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My First Ever SQL Saturday Pre-Con
Like most people I have a bucket list of things to do before I depart for other things. However I...
2015-03-13
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50 Shades of Brown – The Series
That’s right I’m cashing in on the “50 Shades” franchise and twisting it to meet my own sordid needs to...
2015-03-03
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SQLBits XIV – Welcome to the UK
A number of you will have heard of SQLBits before. It’s Europe’s largest conference dedicated to SQL Server. What was...
2015-03-02
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(Ctrl+E) was pressed. Waiting for the second key of chord…
I first came across the error “(Ctrl+E) was pressed. Waiting for the second key of chord…” last year, these weird errors...
2015-01-08
2,140 reads
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The Situation
On the 19th November I am going to be presenting two sessions for the Luxembourg PASS chapter at the...
2014-11-12 (first published: 2014-11-07)
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PASS DBA Virtual Chapter Webcast 20141112
Today I have the honour of presenting a session for the PASS Database Administration Virtual Chapter. The great thing about...
2014-11-12
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Blogs
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
Side Projects
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Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Sql script replace and rearrange numbers
Hi everyone. I have this table and this information. (left side of the image)...