Book Review - Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
I've been reading this for a few weeks and finally finished. Team of Rivals came up during the Presidential campaign...
2009-03-03
342 reads
Blog Posts
Branding on ESPN
I was listening to Colin Cowherd and the Herd one morning and he was talking about the Los Angeles Dodgers...
2009-03-03
589 reads
Cube Processing Error HY008
If you've ever had this error "OLE DB error: OLE DB or ODBC error: Operation canceled; HY008." appear while processing...
2009-03-02
34,655 reads
PASS Update #7
A very short update this week, the minutes of the January 2009 board meeting have been posted. Going forward we've...
2009-03-02
350 reads
Reminder: Orlando SQL Server User Group Meeting is March 11, 2009
Our next oPASS/Orlando user group meeting is coming up soon on March 11, 2009, and as usual is held at...
2009-03-02
328 reads
SQL Saturday
I’ve been pretty lucky in my career to have the opportunity to attend quite a few conferences. I’ve attended one,...
2009-03-02
1,184 reads
Red Gate Software Supports SQLSaturday
If you've read my blog over the past year and a half you know that I've been heavily involved in...
2009-03-01
282 reads
An Optimised Disaster Recovery Plan thanks to SQLBackup
The continuity of operations during a disaster is as critical to running a business as just about anything. Somewhere, within...
2009-02-28
2,298 reads
A Security Control Inconsistently Applied Is Not a Control
Some things and readings today reminded me of this: a security control inconsistently applied is not a control. The whole...
2009-02-27
2,819 reads
First Impressions of the Kindle 2
As I blogged about previously, I had decided to go ahead and pre-order the Kindle 2. It was slated for...
2009-02-27
1,542 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?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers