We Are Microsoft charity challenge
I got the opportunity to participate in the We Are Microsoft Charity Challenge (under the umbrella of GiveCamp) in Dallas...
2009-01-19
696 reads
Tim Mitchell
Goals for 2009
I don’t do resolutions - they’re cliché, overdone, and rarely stick. However, I’m a believer in setting goals and periodic progress...
2009-01-09
1,043 reads
Presenting at SQL Saturday Tampa
I received word earlier today that I’ll be presenting at the upcoming SQL Saturday event in Tampa, Florida on January...
2009-01-07
975 reads
We Are Microsoft Charity Event 2009
I received notification a few days ago that I was selected again to participate in the We Are Microsoft charity...
2009-01-06
917 reads
When Data Mining Goes Too Far
Data mining is commonly used to find otherwise undetectable patterns in related sets of data. However, sometimes these patterns provide...
2008-12-26
1,522 reads
SQL Quiz: Two Mistakes
I was tagged by Gail Shaw to post two big mistakes made during my professional career. The only challenge here...
2008-12-18
830 reads
SQL Server 2005 SP3
… has arrived: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae7387c3-348c-4faa-8ae5-949fdfbe59c4&displaylang=en
It’s obviously hot off the presses because the “What’s New document” is 404.
2008-12-15
678 reads
SQL Quiz Part 2: Career Challenges
I’ve read a number of responses from Chris Shaw’s first DBA networking quiz. I missed out on the first one,...
2008-12-10
1,275 reads
A skinnier SQL Server Magazine
I could have sworn that my SQL Server Magazine seemed much smaller this month. When I pulled out last’s months...
2008-12-07
1,303 reads
[Off Topic] I’ve caved to peer pressure…
… and joined Twitter. I’m only doing it ‘cuz everybody else is doing it. With all the other social networking tools...
2008-12-02
620 reads
Blogs
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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Question of the Day
OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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