Upcoming Presentations
Just a quick note to let you know about a few upcoming presentations I’ll be doing. This week I’ll be...
2013-06-11
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sqlchicken
Internet Security Advice For The Family
Constant Vigilance!For today’s post I’m channeling my inner Brian Kelley (Blog | Twitter) and talking about security, in particular Internet security....
2013-05-28
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Business Objects on Linux and SQL Server
This is just a quick post to share a lesson learned while I was on an engagement where the client’s...
2013-05-23
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Speaking at PASS Summit 2013!
I’m happy to officially announce that I’ll be presenting at this year’s PASS Summit in Charlotte, NC! I’ll be presenting...
2013-05-22
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Magnify SQL Text with SSMS 2012
This is just a quick tip to help with folks who present SQL code at events such as SQL Saturday....
2013-05-16
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SQLSaturday #209 – Rochester
Welcome to the Roc!
Just a quick note that I’ll be presenting this weekend, Saturday May 11th, at SQLSaturday in Rochester,...
2013-05-08
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Necromancing the Chicken
First off, I’m sorry this space has been dead for so long. I’m sure I’ve dropped off many an RSS...
2013-04-16
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24 Hours of PASS Fall 2012
Do you like training? Do you like FREE training? Then make sure you check out the 24 Hours of PASS...
2012-09-20
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How To Prevent SELECT * The Evil Way
SELECT * FROM…when administrators see that from developer code, we generally tend to cringe. Why? In a nutshell, it’s terrible on...
2012-07-27
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Identify and Alert for Long-Running Agent Jobs
Being a DBA is like being a train conductor. One of the biggest responsibilities is making sure all jobs are...
2012-07-09
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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