Feedback on My Abstracts
Here’s the raw feedback from my submissions for the Summit. To those who wrote the feedback for me (and all...
2014-07-03
702 reads
SQLAndy
The Selection Process
According to this post from Amy Lewis (PASS Board of Directors) there were 943 abstracts submitted for the 2014 PASS...
2014-07-02
570 reads
The Case Of the Downward Pointing Arrow-Question of the Day
The Case Of the Downward Pointing Arrow is written as an abbreviated mystery, Sherlock Holmes style. Had to laugh at...
2014-07-02
442 reads
Above Reproach
It’s been a busy few weeks in the world of PASS, lots of good conversations that I’ve followed with interest,...
2014-07-02
870 reads
Speaking at ONETUG on July 10, 2014
I’ll be presenting SQL Server Performance for Developers to the members of the Orlando .Net User Group (ONETUG) on July...
2014-07-02
483 reads
A Deeply Planted Seed-Question of the Day
Another trivia question today, this one about figuring out which of the options provided has a particular negative identity seed....
2014-07-01
300 reads
SSC Editorial: The Product Centric Career
The Product Centric Career is my latest editorial for SQLServerCentral, this one from the perspective of my own career and...
2014-06-30
1,151 reads
Building The SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 21
Been busy the past week, not as much time on this as I’d have liked:
Received the “retro” flyer with the...
2014-06-27
1,136 reads
What is 268435456?
What is 268435456? is the Friday question of the day. It’s a trivia question, but maybe an interesting one for...
2014-06-27
1,324 reads
The Great Escape-Question of The Day
The Great Escape is the question today, one I think you will like because…it’s about LIKE! It’s a head scratcher....
2014-06-25
558 reads
Blogs
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...
Building Power BI Reports: Desktop vs Fabric
By James Serra
Why this comparison feels confusing If you’re a Power BI report author who’s just...
Forums
Multi-State Payroll Tax Issues 2026
Prepare for 2026 with this essential multi-state payroll tax issues 2026 webinar from Professionals...
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?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers