Calories Burned During Sex
Ah, if you're reading this aren't you the curious one! I ran across the link below a while back and...
2008-12-11
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Blog Posts
How Do I Configure SSIS to Work With a Named Instance
How Do I Configure SSIS to Work With a Named Instance?
By default, SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) uses the msdb...
2008-12-11
12,682 reads
Stupid Coding Tricks
Can anyone here write a SQL statement that generates a Mandelbrot Set? I’m sure a few of you can, and...
2008-12-11
858 reads
Just Do It
I was recently reading Joel Spolsky’s column in Inc. on management and I thought it was an interesting story. In...
2008-12-10
846 reads
SQL Quiz Part 2: Career Challenges
I’ve read a number of responses from Chris Shaw’s first DBA networking quiz. I missed out on the first one,...
2008-12-10
1,254 reads
You're Not Dumb...And Neither am I
One of the things I'm not fond of is self-deprecation. Smacking yourself on the forehead when you screw up a...
2008-12-10
527 reads
Are You Security Minded?
It's fun to just sit and talk with people, never know what you'll learn or be forced to rethink based...
2008-12-09
721 reads
DBAs Still in High Demand
With the world economy on the downside, there is at least one bright light, and that is DBAs are still...
2008-12-09
1,089 reads
Leaving Live
Last week Steve Ballmer had issued a challenge to MVPs to have them try Live Search instead of their regular...
2008-12-09
654 reads
A Custom Trace
I have to admit that when I had a performance problem with some code, I would often fire up Profiler...
2008-12-08
695 reads
Blogs
Replacing Images in PBIR Format Reports
With the PBIR format of Power BI reports, it’s much easier to make report...
Capturing Ideas for Blogs
By Steve Jones
As we close out the year, I decided to drop this post here and...
A New Word: Lilo
By Steve Jones
lilo– n. a friendship that can lie dormant for years only to pick right...
Forums
Using a RETURN
How does this capture multiple values from a cursor, and put them into an...
Send results of a SQL query in Outlook email body
Hello SSC! I hope everyone had a great holiday! Happy New Year to all!...
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