Hard Core Object Oriented Programming Guidelines
I read Andrew Binstock occassionally in SD Times and in the most recent issue he posted a list of guidelines...
2008-05-21
1,702 reads
SQLAndy
Pop Quiz - What's the Max Number of Resultsets Supported by Management Studio?
Ran across this strange occurence while doing some testing. To duplicate the results (the actual code was a little more...
2008-05-20
1,480 reads
Managing & Professional Development Classes
I've been working on a rough outline for two new classes that will each be one day long. One on...
2008-05-18
487 reads
FlyClear, Privacy, and Time
Recently I signed up for the FlyClear program (www.flyclear.com), a registered traveler program. Over the past year I've been travelling...
2008-05-15
710 reads
A Display Challenge
I've grown to like the presenter view in Powerpoint 2007; let's me navigate easily, and more important, lets me easily...
2008-05-13
451 reads
Visiting Boston This Week
I get busy and usually forget to post when I'm out and about, but for once I've remembered. I'll be...
2008-05-11
455 reads
Follow Up Notes on SQLSaturday #3
Our most recent SQLSaturday went well, but there is always room for improvement. Here are my notes from this event:
The...
2008-05-08
392 reads
ACM, 5 Year Anniversary, and Customer Service
Time moves by and I was surprised to get a coffee mug in the mail from ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)...
2008-05-07
482 reads
One More SQL Feature Wish
It would be handy to have a checkbox/SET option/something that would tell SQL not to cache plans run in a...
2008-05-06
413 reads
Will You Host the Next SQLSaturday?
How to have more SQLSaturdays?
Over the past year we've been working on the ambitious goal of building a national franchise...
2008-05-06
785 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
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...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
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