Quiet Wednesday
For me the Wednesday before Thanksgiving was a quiet day at work. It was one of those ‘everyone is leaving...
2011-12-06
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SQLAndy
Registration Open for SQLRally 2012 in Dallas
On my list of things to get done this week is register for SQLRally 2012 in Dallas. It’s a quick...
2011-12-05
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Now to End of Year
My friend Steve Jones posted Shutting Down for a Week and in that he talked about doing too much, trying...
2011-12-02
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PASS Update #67
It’s been a slow few weeks since my last update. This week I did a call with Karla and Wes...
2011-12-01
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PASS Update #67 (Election)
Today the slate of candidates for the 2012-2013 term was announced;
Adam Jorgensen, Denise McInerney, Geoff Hiten, Kendal Van Dyke,...
2011-12-01
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Saxophone Fire and Bad Words
There is nothing like having two children to remind you how strange, funny, and complicated language can be. Try answering...
2011-11-30
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TechEd Comes to Orlando in June 2012
Just saw the official announcement MS TechEd will be in Orlando June 11-14, 2012, at the Orange County Convention Center....
2011-11-30
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SQL Mag Top 10 Bloggers
I was astounded to see this blog at #4 on the list from the recent SQL Server Magazine Community Choice...
2011-11-29
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2011-11-28
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The Mute the Phone Office Prank
The client I work with as a lot of conference rooms, all with the standard Polycom conference phone that works...
2011-11-23
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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
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?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers