24 Hours of PASS Recordings Now Available
Our most recent 24 Hours of PASS celebrated the SQL 2008 R2 launch. 24 great sessions, 23 of which were...
2010-06-16
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SQLAndy
Leaders in Meetings
As the owner of a meeting/discussion you have two options on how to drive the conversation, and which you use...
2010-06-16
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oPASS Meeting Tonight June 15, 2010 – Featuring Kendal Van Dyke
We’re meeting from 6-8 pm as usual, with Kendal Van Dyke presenting Paging Dr Availability, You’re Wanted In the Recovery...
2010-06-15
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Potential Pre-Cons for SQLSaturday #49
In previous years we’ve just invited a speaker or two to submit a presentation for an all day paid event...
2010-06-14
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Jacksonville Code Camp Call for Speakers
Bayer White has announced the call for speakers for the 2010 Jacksonville Code Camp to be held August 28, 2010...
2010-06-14
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SSC Editorial – Bad Database Design
I wrote this editorial about bad design based on some real world experiences. It’s a fun story, maybe even borderline...
2010-06-14
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Presentation Styles
I had a chance to watch a few different styles this week at TechEd, and I think it helped that...
2010-06-11
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TechEd 2010 – Wednesday
My final day at TechEd. Packed up and checked my bag at the hotel, off to the bus. Noticed that...
2010-06-10
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SSC Editorial – Limited Features or Limited Time
This editorial for the SSC newsletter ran last week and talks about the conundrum for software vendors – how do you...
2010-06-10
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TechEd 2010 – Afternoon
Noticed that they have ‘overflow’ rooms where they are broadcasting sessions that max out attendance, very nice. Wonder how much...
2010-06-09
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Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
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...
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