A Display Challenge
I've grown to like the presenter view in Powerpoint 2007; let's me navigate easily, and more important, lets me easily...
2008-05-13
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Blog Posts
The CLR
Some very interesting responses to my CLR editorial today including some good details that I haven't seen elsewhere. I'm still...
2008-05-13
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Visiting Boston This Week
I get busy and usually forget to post when I'm out and about, but for once I've remembered. I'll be...
2008-05-11
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Possible interview questions for Intern/Junior DBA or Developer
I wrote these questions thinking about what some basic t-sql statements that I would want to see if I were...
2008-05-10
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A View Variable
I saw that Erland Sommerskag posted a Connect item that asked for a "View Variable" to be added to the...
2008-05-09
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A little fun with SSIS Expression Language
The SSIS expression language is a powerful yet enigmatic entity. Once you get used to its syntax - which is part...
2008-05-08
4,827 reads
Follow Up Notes on SQLSaturday #3
Our most recent SQLSaturday went well, but there is always room for improvement. Here are my notes from this event:
The...
2008-05-08
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Kindle Research - Procs and Cons with the Sony Reader
After the editorial on the Kindle, which got quite a few responses, I've continued to look around and research things....
2008-05-08
958 reads
ACM, 5 Year Anniversary, and Customer Service
Time moves by and I was surprised to get a coffee mug in the mail from ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)...
2008-05-07
479 reads
Thoughts on SQL Saturday in Jacksonville
I was able this Saturday to head down to Jacksonville and speak at the SQL Saturday there. There were a...
2008-05-07
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Blogs
Using Flyway Prepare for State-Based Deployments
By Steve Jones
One of the neat enhancements made to Flyway was the addition of state-based workflows...
How I Migrated to Azure PostgreSQL Flex from Single Server
I did a couple of posts previously on dumping/restoring Azure PostgreSQL databases and also...
Have a Plan for Your Personal Downtime
By Brian Kelley
Most of us know that spending a lot of time on social media and...
Forums
Issue with Creating Linked Server from Azure SQL Managed Instance to On-Premises
Hi, Interestingly, I was able to create a linked server in the reverse direction—from...
SQL Monitoring tools
our client wants to implement Third Party SQL Monitoring tool to monitor SQL server...
PowerQuery.... don't meet SSIS
I have a powerQuery that reads and transforms a table in a PDF. Works...