I Give Up: What IS an MVP?
I’m so glad you asked!
Here’s how it works: Microsoft makes products. (The one I talk about the most is SQL...
2011-03-02
493 reads
SQL Awesomesauce
Blowing Kisses: Un-SQL Friday #003 Roundup
We at MidnightDBA sure do love a blog party, and what’s better than a blog party about love? I invited the...
2011-02-21
640 reads
24 (Hours of SQL Training Delivered to Your Computer)
The Spring 24Hours of PASS: Celebrating Women in Technology will be broadcast live on the intertubez on March 15 and 16...
2011-02-20
1,617 reads
The results are in: What Tech Companies Are Doing it Right?
Last week I asked you: What Tech Companies Are Doing it Right?
Which SQL (or SQL-adjacent) tech companies are doing right,...
2011-02-14
873 reads
Get Well Trevor – Call to action!
Tim Ford, SQL MVP and all around Good Guy, has been having a really hard time so far in 2011....
2011-02-12
569 reads
Un-SQL Friday #003: Show Some Love
Last week, I asked the Twitter hive-mind about its favorite tech companies: “Which SQL (or SQL-adjacent) tech companies are doing...
2011-02-11
498 reads
RTFM365, Weeks 8-9
I’m not gonna lie to you, Marge…I haven’t exactly been keeping up with the RTFM365. And when I have read,...
2011-02-07
605 reads
SQL Saturday #63 Dallas Needs YOU
Dallas’ first SQL Saturday ”was full of nothing but smooth, rich #awesomesauce.” And we had Italian gelato.
Dallas’ second SQL Saturday (BI edition) ”had over...
2011-02-03
468 reads
SQL Saturday #57 – Houston
SQL Saturday #57 was this weekend! Sean and I went, talked, webshow-ed, and then presented a total of SIX sessions!
Travel
Sean and...
2011-01-31
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Un-SQL Friday #002 Roundup (finally)
The invitation for Un-SQL Friday #002 (Tech Giants) was, like, a week ago! I’ve gotta get this train a-rollin, or...
2011-01-28
957 reads
Blogs
How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide
In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other stateful...
Episode 11 of Simple Talks: Oracle
By Steve Jones
The 11th episode is now live, recorded a few weeks ago at the PASS...
A New Word: Mornden
By Steve Jones
mornden – n. the self-container pajama universe shared by two people on a long...
Forums
What is the best index strategy for a table that gets truncated?
Hi everyone My SSIS package does a bulk insert of csv files into a...
Blob Storage automated downloads
Dipping my toes into the waters of Azure and of course before I get...
Announcing SQL Server 2025
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Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers