Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 9
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 9 (CU9). The KB Article for the CU is located here....
2010-07-21
893 reads
Glenn Berry
Pitching in for a Good Cause!
Fellow SQL Server MVP Arnie Rowland (blog | twitter) has done a great job organizing an interesting effort to help unemployed...
2010-07-17
591 reads
Speaking at SQL Server Connections in Las Vegas, November 1-4, 2010
Today, I received the official word that I will be presenting two sessions in the SQLServerCentral.com track at the SQL...
2010-07-14
882 reads
SQL Server DMV Starter Pack E-Book Published
Red Gate Books has published a new e-book called “SQL Server DMV Starter Pack”, which you can download for free...
2010-07-12
2,075 reads
Speaking at 2010 PASS Summit in Seattle
I just found out yesterday that I had one of my General sessions approved for the 2010 PASS Summit in...
2010-07-09
551 reads
Comparing the Performance of Different String Data Types in SQL Server 2008 R2
I thought I would try to do a few quick tests to compare the performance of assigning values and comparing...
2010-07-08
1,341 reads
SQL Server 2008 SP2 CTP Available
Microsoft has made the Community Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server 2008 SP2 available for download. This is Build 3798,...
2010-07-08
1,206 reads
Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0
I have been playing around with the new Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 5.0 Beta 2 tool for the...
2010-07-07
814 reads
Electricity Conservation and Solar PV Power
Since I got my grid-tied solar PV system on my roof turned on almost two weeks ago, I have gotten...
2010-07-01
3,095 reads
How To Stay Current with SQL Server Cumulative Updates
Since the release of SQL Server 2005, Microsoft has been using what they call an Incremental Servicing Model for SQL...
2010-06-23
2,187 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
Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance can we have data compression = page
I have a quick question on Ola Hallengren Index Optimize Maintenance . Do we...
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...
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