Managing Geeks – A journey of leading by doing
I am proud to share that my good friend Andy Leonard has just released a new book. This is also...
2014-10-29
1,876 reads
Tim Radney - Database Professional
SQL Server 2014 Backup and Recovery
In early October my third book was published. I have been blessed to be able to work with Joes2Pros for my...
2014-10-29
1,871 reads
SQL Server 2008 SP4 Released
On September 30th 2014 Microsoft released service pack 4 for SQL Server 2008. This service pack contains all cumulative updates...
2014-10-01
1,388 reads
What PASS is to me #sqlpass
I found out about the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) in 2008 when I attended my first PASS Community Summit “SQL...
2014-09-29
1,626 reads
4 Things I Wish I Knew Sooner
I was recently called out by Tim Costello on a blog series started by Mike Walsh. http://www.interworks.com/blogs/tcostello/2014/08/27/4-things-i-wish-i-knew-sooner-bi-consultant
The series calls for...
2014-09-02
1,320 reads
An error occurred while executing batch. Error message is: Arithmetic Overflow
Recently an incident came across my desk where an end user was receiving an error trying to retrieve some records...
2014-07-31
2,440 reads
Microsoft SQL Server “Most Valuable Professional” MVP
Today I received an email notifying me that I have been awarded the Microsoft “MVP” award. An excerpt from Microsoft’s...
2014-07-01
1,349 reads
I am speaking at the PASS Summit 2014
I am super excited to announce that I have been selected to speak at the 2014 PASS Summit. This is...
2014-06-25
1,224 reads
SQL Server High Availability and Disaster Recovery Options
Working with Microsoft SQL Server for many years I have spent a lot of time discussing the importance of the...
2014-06-11 (first published: 2014-06-10)
3,326 reads
Know Backups and Know Restores – SQL Server Restores
A couple of years ago I put together a training session to demonstrate various types of backups and restores. The driving...
2014-05-19
1,281 reads
Blogs
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
Side Projects
Anyone (everyone?) who has ever tried to learn a programming language knows that to...
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Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Timeout Error while executing a TSQL statement in Sql server Express Edition
I am getting the below error when I execute a SQL command in SQL...
Sql script replace and rearrange numbers
Hi everyone. I have this table and this information. (left side of the image)...