NTSSUG Meeting on Thursday: Brian Knight
The North Texas SQL Server User Group (NTSSUG) monthly meeting will be held this Thursday, August 20th, at the Microsoft...
2009-08-17
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Tim Mitchell
SSIS Documentation suggestions on Microsoft Connect
For SSIS developers, the need for proper documentation is crucial. However, the built-in object for documentation, the annotation, is difficult...
2009-08-15
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Getting Into The Biz, Part 2
In a previous blog post, I began writing about how one might start a career as a database professional, and...
2009-08-13
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SQL Saturday Baton Rouge – Session Evaluations
I received my evaluation summary from the SQL Saturday event in Baton Rouge earlier this month. This was the first...
2009-08-12
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Social Networking: Where Do I Start?
In a blog post a few weeks ago, I wrote about social networking in the SQL Server community. I was...
2009-08-10
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SQL Saturday Baton Rouge Downloads
I’ve published my materials from both of my sessions from SQL Saturday Baton Rouge on August 1. You can find...
2009-08-08
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SQL Bloggers, Make Yourself Known
Are you an active SQL Server blogger? Do you blog regularly about the greatest database technology available? If so, you...
2009-08-04
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SQL Saturday Baton Rouge – Recap
After a long weekend of travel and speaking, I’m finally able to put my feet up and get a little...
2009-08-03
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Why Make Up Test Data? Snag Some Government Data
… and by government data, I mean the mountain of data recently made available by the G-Men on Data.gov. This site...
2009-07-28
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Social Networking in the SQL Server Community
Like many SQL Server (and other technology) people, I utilize several social networking vehicles to stay in touch with others...
2009-07-20
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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