Advent of Code #2
This one gives you a 1000 rows of package dimensions. You calculate the surface area needed for wrapping paper, plus...
2015-12-23
668 reads
SQLAndy
$10 to Support Wikipedia Too
I just donated $10 to Wikipedia. I use it and find it useful, so I don’t mind contributing so that...
2015-12-22
565 reads
Immunizations – Not Just for Kids
It’s the ‘get your flu shot’ time of the year, which is also a good time to review your immunizations....
2015-12-22
639 reads
Thanks to Rodney & Karla
Sometime in the next couple weeks Rodney & Karla Landrum are moving from Orlando to Pensacola (home). I’m happy for them...
2015-12-21
621 reads
Advent of Code Contest
I saw the post from Steve Jones about the Advent of Code contest and decided to take a look. The first...
2015-12-18
653 reads
Supporting Khan Academy
Khan Academy is doing a fund raiser and I just donated $10 to help out – my kids have easily gotten...
2015-12-15 (first published: 2015-12-14)
1,735 reads
SQLSaturday Message Templates – Copy From Other Events
For those of you with access to the SQLSaturday admin site (used by event leaders) one of the things you...
2015-12-10
596 reads
The Hour of Code 2015
This year I was interested to see that they did the Hour of Code in the elementary school my daughter...
2015-12-10
631 reads
New Vacancy on the PASS Board
Last week James Rowland-Jones announced that he would be resigning from the PASS Board to accept a position with Microsoft....
2015-12-11 (first published: 2015-12-07)
1,536 reads
Speaking at SQLSaturday Nashville in January 2016
I’m starting the new year with a trip to Nashville for SQLSaturday #480 to do presentation on automating restores. New topic,...
2015-12-03
566 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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