SQL In The City: Austin
So, No SQL Saturday in Austin This Year.
I know a lot of folks were disappointed that we (POSSE) weren’t able to pull together in...
2012-09-25
1,042 reads
Wesley Brown
- Interests: Collecting old computers
- Skills: I talk a lot.
Demystifying SQL Server Differential Database Backups
Odd Man Out
SQL Server has three backup types. Two you have heard of and used. One, while useful, isn’t very well understood.
Let’s...
2012-09-10 (first published: 2012-09-06)
2,803 reads
Free Tools for Testing SQL Sever
You Need To Test Your SQL Server!
Its like screaming “TEST THE BREAKS ON YOUR CAR!” If you don’t have the...
2012-08-16
2,251 reads
Speaking at PASS Summit 2012
It’s Not A Repeat
Speaking at the PASS Summit last year was one of the highlights of my career. I had...
2012-08-14
738 reads
SQL Rally 2012 Recap
Much Learning Was Had By All
SQL Rally 2012 had a diverse group of speakers and something for all levels of...
2012-05-14
854 reads
Speaking In April #SQLSat111 and #SQLSat107
All Quite on the Western Front
It is going to get noisy soon though! I”m speaking at SQLSaturday #111 in Atlanta...
2012-04-10
963 reads
Solid State Disks and SQL Server
An interesting result from a recent test of SSDs in SQL Server by Wes Brown. A surprising discovery is important for anyone thinking about using SSDs to know.
2012-03-09 (first published: 2010-04-08)
36,264 reads
2011 What A Great Year
What A Diffrince A Year Makes
In January I posted up my new years list basically, stuff I wanted to learn in...
2011-12-22
1,029 reads
SQLSaturday 97 Speaker Recap
Great Content + Great Speakers = Awesome Event
All the evaluations have been tallied, its official SQLSaturday #97 was a hit! As a...
2011-11-22
797 reads
SQL Server 2012 RC0 Is Here
SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate 0, Time To Get Serious
With the release of RC0 Microsoft has signaled that the release...
2011-11-21
1,528 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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