On the Advantages of DateTime2(n) over DateTime
Starting with SQL 2008, we database developers started becoming more familiar with datetime2. Sometimes folks need convincing though, so here...
2012-12-04
12,264 reads
Will Assaf
PowerPivot for Excel "Not loaded. The Managed Add-in Loader failed to initialize."
Error when trying to enable the PowerPivot for Excel add-in for Office 2010 reads:
"Not loaded. The Managed Add-in Loader failed...
2012-11-30
6,438 reads
Database Design Contest at the 2012 AITP Region 3 Student Conference
Had a great Friday in Lafayette, LA on the campus of the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. 31 different teams submitted database...
2012-10-14
976 reads
Performance Tuning Presentation from October 2012 BRSSUG Meeting
Thanks to the 15+ folks who attended the Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group meeting last night! I hope everyone...
2012-10-11
756 reads
How BETWEEN is inclusive
This is a old and simple one, but an important subtlety that TSQL developers must be aware of.
Using the BETWEEN...
2012-09-26
2,753 reads
SQL Server Best Practices for DMV's - Houston Tech Fest 2012
It is a pleasure meeting everyone today at Houston Tech Fest! The new facility is miles away - literally and figuratively...
2012-09-08
942 reads
SQL Agent Alerts - Severity Condition is NOT "greater than or equal to"
I ran into some bad training that had convinced a client sys admin that the SQL Agent Alerts had the...
2012-08-20
2,267 reads
Actual Emails: The Customer Doesn't Want Full Recovery Mode
Got this question in an email. I'll paraphrase.
William Hoping you can advise me on best way to handle this. My client doesn’t...
2012-08-16
685 reads
SQL Saturday #150 Baton Rouge 2012
Baton Rouge SQL Saturday is Saturday, August 4!
We expect ~400 attendees at the brand new LSU Business Education Centre of...
2012-07-27
775 reads
SQL Server DBA Tool Kit
Right next to my batarang and bat-zip-line-hook-shooter-gun on my utility belt is my SQL Server DBA Tool Kit, full of...
2012-07-12
1,068 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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
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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