A New Year's Present
I awoke this morning, rather later than usual after a small get together with some friends, and came down to...
2008-01-01
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Blog Posts
Congratulations to Steve Jones on MVP Status
Steve is a 2008 SQL Server MVP. Well deserved, I can think of few people more visible in the community...
2008-01-01
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Google Bigtable
Google has - and continues - to do some amazing things. It's easy to be awed by their products and their infrastructure,...
2008-01-01
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Vista Woes
So my DVD drive in the new laptop appeared to be dead. It didn't appear in the "Computer" list with...
2007-12-28
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Comments on "The Exceptional Presenter"
I purchased The Exceptional Presenter recently as part of my professional development spending. I currently work primarily as a trainer...
2007-12-27
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PCMagazine Goes to Monthly Format
I don't have a URL handy for it, but in the latest print issue of PC Mag they announced changing...
2007-12-26
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Assimilated
Maybe I'm succombing, maybe I'm lazy, most likely I don't want to mess with it.
I found some instructions for nLite,...
2007-12-25
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Planning a SQL 2008 Launch Event
As a user group leader I see new products as a chance to make sure our members know about the...
2007-12-25
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XP Struggles
My new laptop came with Vista Home and I messed with it for awhile last night, but I didn't see...
2007-12-24
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Quismo F40
My new laptop showed up today at my desk. Actually it probably showed up yesterday, but since I never went...
2007-12-23
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Blogs
Finding fields used in a Power BI report in PBIR format with Semantic Link Labs
Have you ever wondered where a certain field is used in a report? Or...
Adding Test data to msdb.sysjobhistory
By Steve Jones
One of our internal people was looking to test some process in (I assume)...
Microsoft Ignite Announcements Nov 2024
By James Serra
Announced at Microsoft Ignite last week were some new product features related to the...
Forums
Import data from json file with special characters
I am using the following script to import data from a json file. This...
% processor Time in Activity monitor is greyed out
When I connect to my SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) from...
Tools for MySQL memory estimations and optimization?
Hi all! I’ve been using MySQLCalculator.com for memory calculations, but I’m looking for alternatives...
Question of the Day
The Hash Join II
Which of these inputs is the smaller input to a hash join?
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