Invitation to startup meeting for PASS Scania and SQLUG
A new user group in Sweden. Read for more details.
2010-01-13
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Press Release
TSQL Challenge 21 - Reading, recognizing and processing graphical representation of digits.
Here is a challenge that takes you away from those repetitive boring type of queries that you write over and over again, several times a day. All of us, the database people, are familiar with thinking in set based manner as well as row by row style. Here is something that is very interesting where you might need to process records in a 'three-line-at-a-time' fashion.
2010-01-11
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TSQL Challenge 20 - finding repeating digits on Fibonacci sequence numbers
Can you generate repeating digits in a Fibonacci series?
2009-12-28
2,168 reads
SQL Server 2008 Administration in Action - Sample Chapter
A sample chapter on clustering from Manning Publishing. Read it to learn a bit on clustering and preview this new book.
2009-12-18
1,592 reads
TSQL Challenge 19 - Working with consolidated calculations on hierarchical structures
This challenge involves generating an organizational hierarchy and calculating the total orders created by each employee and his/her subordinates. It involves a number of challenges such as generating a resultset in the correct hierarchical form, calculating the orders created by each employee and his/her subordinates and finally calculating the total orders created by self and all the subordinates.
2009-12-14
2,432 reads
TSQL Challenge 18 - Generate text formatted month calendars
Can you generate a calendar with T-SQL? Take this month's challenge.
2009-11-30
3,924 reads
The WorkTamer Conference
The Worktamer conference is coming to a series of cities in Canada in early 2010. If you're near Vancouver, Toronto, or Montreal, read about this one day event to help you boost your professional development.
2009-11-19
278 reads
TSQL Challenge 17 - Creating cross rows references with inline hyperlinks
Here is a real world scenario I came across on the MSDN forums. The forum poster wanted a method to dynamically create HTML hyperlinks, for keywords/phrases , within the description of the current column text. Enter this challenge and see how your T-SQL skills match up.
2009-11-16
2,633 reads
2009-11-06
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The ADO.NET Managed Providers team wants to hear your opinion
Take this survey and help out the Managed Provider team at Microsoft.
2009-11-05
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Blogs
Simple Talks Episode 7
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