Notes on Moderating a 24 Hours of PASS Presentation
Last night (8pm Eastern) I had my first run as a 24HOP moderator and wanted to share some thoughts on...
2013-08-01
610 reads
SQLAndy
How Will Your Product Fare Over Time?
I like to look at things that have been in use for a while to see how they hold up....
2013-08-01
732 reads
Sometimes It IS The Network
Over the years when a performance problem comes up there is always some speculation that it’s a network issue and...
2013-07-31
1,168 reads
Miscellaneous Reading for July 2013
Must read blog: Sacha Chua. Lots of info on going solo, being productive, sketch noting.Related, if you’re trying to manage...
2013-07-30
1,122 reads
A Long Summer Vacation
Based on a bit of luck/happenstance I’ve been able to stretch my summer vacation to two months. I had planned...
2013-07-29
1,278 reads
Notes from SQLSaturday #231
First time event in Cocoa Beach went really well!
Speaker dinner well attended Friday night at Florida’s SeafoodQuite a few...
2013-07-29
758 reads
Encourage Someone You Respect To Run For The PASS Board of Directors
PASS is accepting candidate applications for the 2013 election through August 7th, 2013. Later this year we – the PASS membership...
2013-07-29
635 reads
Headed to Cocoa for SQLSaturday #231
I’m leaving mid-morning today to drive to Cocoa with my family for a beach weekend and SQLSaturday #231. I’ll be...
2013-07-26
704 reads
The SQLAndy Rules for Storing Credit Card Numbers
I’ll try to write more about these over the next couple months, but I wanted to write down a quick...
2013-07-26
1,128 reads
Blog Images and PNG Compression
I’m not terribly good at putting at least one image in every post. The images I do use are either...
2013-07-25
939 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
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...
Having a Little Fun at SQL Server Central
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Having a Little Fun at...
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