Smart As A Bear?
I got this at Hobby Lobby for $7 on sale, it’s about the width of a license plate and a...
2014-05-14
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SQLAndy
Warrant Canaries & Transparency
I recently ran across the warrant canary FAQ from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The concept is simple – put up...
2014-05-14
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Announcing the 2014 SQLSaturday Orlando Seminars
On September 25, 2014 we’re pleased to have David Pless presenting an all day seminar on Enterprise Management and Monitoring...
2014-05-13
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Verizon PCI and Data Breach Investigation Reports
If you deal with security and especially credit cards it’s worth spending an hour or two to read the 2014...
2014-05-13
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Writing Another Question of the Day
The most recent one I wrote was a “question from error message” pattern. An experienced DBA should get it easily,...
2014-05-12
355 reads
Notes From SQLSaturday #298
The trip didn’t start smoothly for this one. Wed night I was really sick with some kind of stomach flu....
2014-05-12
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Off to Jacksonville for SQLSaturday #298
I’m looking forward to returning to Jacksonville after missing a year (or two?) to speak at SQLSaturday #298. I’m driving...
2014-05-09
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Speaking at MagicPASS on May 28, 2014
If you’re wondering who the mystery speaker is – it’s me! I’ll be doing two presentations at Magic Pass on May...
2014-05-08
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Another User Has Locked My File!
I had an SSIS package fail in a script task this morning. As part of the why process I opened...
2014-05-07
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Datatypes In Your Mind–Question Of The Day
My latest question Datatypes In Your Mind is live today and it’s generated quite the discussion. I wrote here about...
2014-05-06
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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
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