Leading Wildcards Aren’t A Good Default
SQL Server has LIKE, which lets us do various pattern matches, but most commonly we use the percent side as...
2011-03-05
1,165 reads
SQLAndy
Presenting in West Palm Beach on March 22, 2011
I’m pleased to be joining the West Palm Beach .Net group on March 22 to do a presentation on SQL...
2011-03-04
886 reads
The Power And Pain of Process–Part 1
Part of why I love IT is finding patterns and creating new ones. Patterns by themselves are interesting, but when...
2011-03-04
1,135 reads
Firefox and NTLM Authentication
By default Firefox doesn’t pass through NT credentials, not a big deal when you’re browsing Amazon by a big pain...
2011-03-01
932 reads
JTDS & Grails
Recently I had the chance to do some tuning on a system that was built using Grails (formerly Groovy on...
2011-02-28
2,475 reads
PASS Update #53 (Bylaws)
This week we posted some pending changes to the PASS bylaws. We try to do a review at least once...
2011-02-25
1,563 reads
A Plug for Wirefly
Wirefly is a website devoted to purchasing cell phones and plans. I found it when I was researching my Droid...
2011-02-22
849 reads
What Should PASS Be? I Challenge You
PASS isn’t what it should be. I hear that a lot, and in many ways I agree with you. We’re...
2011-02-18
553 reads
Notes from the February 2011 MagicPASS Meeting
I attended the second meeting of MagicPASS (no web site yet) on Feb 16 at Stetson University in Celebration, FL....
2011-02-18
552 reads
Who Is This Super Hero?
We recently switched from Brighthouse to DirectTV and of the first things we did was to find the kids channels...
2011-02-17
561 reads
Blogs
Microsoft Ignite Announcements Nov 2024
By James Serra
Announced at Microsoft Ignite last week were some new product features related to the...
SQL Training: Black Friday Deals Up to 75% Off
This Black Week, don't just get a discount—get ahead! Whether you're a total newbie...
When is the perfect moment to build a data strategy in a company?
The post When is the perfect moment to build a data strategy in a...
Forums
% 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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