dmorris 44901 (7/29/2016)

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I haven't been to any (didn't know there was such a thing until I saw it mentioned in today's email), but I have been to a couple of...

I went to SQL Saturday New York last year. It was about a 25-30 miles away. I took public transportation, so it ended up being a little more than...

Eric M Russell (6/20/2016)

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Jeff Moden (6/20/2016)

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Eric M Russell (6/20/2016)

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Jeff Moden (6/17/2016)

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As a bit of a sidebar and like anything else in SQL Server, saying something like the use of SELECT...

aaron.reese (5/26/2016)

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How do others do source code control for reports. Do you have one project that contains all the reports one project per report / report area, or...

Tony++ (2/12/2016)

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Is the implication that being on an unsupported platform is out of compliance? Is that written fact by a government or standards body, or a common interpretation by...

Tony++ (2/12/2016)

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You said April 12, 2016 as a date to be out of compliance, but didn't give any details on what makes that date important.

Can you share more info &...

Gary Varga (2/12/2016)

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This is the only time I don't miss SQL Server. I am currently in an Oracle shop with few SQL Server instances dotted about the place so rarely...

Ed Wagner (2/5/2016)

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Maddave (2/5/2016)

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LightVader (2/5/2016)

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Maddave (2/4/2016)

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Maddave I'm curious about this issue you saw. I would expect that an entry wouldn't be written to backupset until the backup actually completed?...

Maddave (2/4/2016)

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Maddave I'm curious about this issue you saw. I would expect that an entry wouldn't be written to backupset until the backup actually completed? Or was SBE...

I've 2 windows 7 machines - a desktop and a laptop. On the desktop I have SSMS 2012 and the laptop as 2008 R2. I've found that the...

pmcpherson (4/15/2015)

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My favorite part of today's strip about compression is the "TILT!" on the screen. I wonder if the under 30 crowd gets it as a pinball reference. ...

I have a small notepad on my desk that I use to track my task list. When it gets too messy or I've crossed out a majority of the...

Ed Wagner (3/31/2015)

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LightVader (3/31/2015)

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But what if the first name has a space in the middle? The way the code is written it will return the wrong result in that...

Luis Cazares (3/30/2015)

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I'm just adding a safety net.

if OBJECT_ID('tempdb.dbo.#names', 'u') is not null drop table #names;

create table #names (

FullName varchar(100));

insert into #names(FullName)

values('Ed Wagner'),

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ChrisM@Work (3/25/2015)

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Jeff Moden (3/24/2015)

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Eirikur Eiriksson (3/24/2015)

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Wayne West (3/23/2015)

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Jeff Moden (3/22/2015)

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor (3/16/2015)

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Eirikur Eiriksson (3/13/2015)

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Digressing slightly, how would the threadizens describe the optimal code comments? Obviously the opposite...