Upcoming Speaking Engagements for Q4
In the next few months, I’ll be giving a couple of talks on SQL Server business intelligence. For October, I...
2009-09-18
825 reads
Tim Mitchell
- Interests: SQL Server, Data Warehousing, ETL, Data Architecture, Python, Dbt
- Website: https://www.TimMitchell.net
- Bluesky: tmitch.net
Skipping Items in a Foreach Loop
Recently, my friend Jack Corbett asked a question on Twitter:
In a nutshell, the SSIS foreach loop will enumerate a given...
2009-09-16
5,768 reads
Getting Into the Biz, Part 3
In a couple of previous posts (Part One and Part Two), I shared some thoughts about starting a career path...
2009-09-14
1,356 reads
North Texas SQL Server User Group Meeting on Thursday
The monthly North Texas SQL Server User Group (NTSSUG) meeting will be held this Thursday, September 17, at 7:00pm at...
2009-09-14
752 reads
SQL Saturday Dallas Update
Just a quick update on the SQL Saturday event we are planning for the Dallas area next year. Late last...
2009-09-13
666 reads
Updating Existing Data with SSIS
I see a lot of questions on the forums about updating existing data in SSIS. When the update is dynamic...
2009-09-10
22,356 reads
SpeakerRate – Need Your Feedback
Everybody loves a compliment. Not everyone enjoys criticism, even if it’s constructive and politely delivered, but the fact is that...
2009-09-08
766 reads
24 Hours of PASS - Recap
At times it felt like a party, it had enough content to be a mini-conference, and we learned that some...
2009-09-03
869 reads
Keeping a Low Profile
I’ve been mostly offline for the last ten days or so, cutting back on blogging and forum participation and mostly...
2009-09-01
556 reads
Pass Board of Directors
As you’ve no doubt heard or read, the call for nominations for the PASS Board of Directors is open until...
2009-08-27
586 reads
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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