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Ruminating on issues pertinent to the design and development of sound databases and processes under Microsoft SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, and SQL Server 2000 (while reserving the right to vent about anything else that's on my mind)
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XML To The Max: Get More Power Out Of Your SQL Server
a primer on XML manipulation in SQL Server 2000
XML Programming In SQL Server 2005
a primer on XML manipulation in SQL Server 2005
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SQL Q&A - Technet Magazine, Winter 2005
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SQL Q&A - Technet Magazine, August 2007
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SQL PASS 2006: The Growing World of SQL Server: Surviving the Data Avalanche (Nov. 19)
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Data Warehousing: A Open Note To Cousin Tom
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over 7 years ago
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Cousin Tom asks, what makes a good data warehouse?...
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Non-Technical News: Those Who Forget History..
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over 7 years ago
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A decidedly non-technical discussion.. what makes a good citizen?...
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Approaching A New Vista
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over 7 years ago
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It's a red letter day for me.. After more than seven years with Microsoft, the company has at long last purchased a laptop for my business use. Not only does this mean that my "personal" laptop will now be passed to my exceptionally patient spouse...
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Database Programming: Mixing TOP With UNION
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over 7 years ago
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I'd like to share yet another interesting conversation from an internal discussion list. Michael sent a query that was producing inconsistent results: select TOP 35 1 AS [PRECEDANCE] , W03a . CRDATTIM , W03a . RECORDCD , W03a . CRNODE , W03a . PRTY...
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Baseball Challenge Update
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over 7 years ago
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The 3rd Annual Baseball Challenge, for the benefit Cocoon House and the Ronald McDonald House of Western Washington , took place yesterday at Everett Memorial Stadium. The Cocoon House team won again this year, 11-5, despite my contribution of an 0-for...
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Database Programming: One More Point On Recompilations and Temp Tables
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over 7 years ago
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Scott Whigham left a very generous comment on my last post on recompilations and temp tables. Within that comment he made an excellent observation that I don't want you to miss: One thing you might mention with respect to using temp tables and/or...
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"Sharing Customer Pain" At Microsoft
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over 7 years ago
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On the heels of yesterday's Ed Helms link , here 's another humorous Microsoft video (low bandwidth here ; high bandwidth here ) outlining the implementation of our new "We Share Your Pain" program. If anybody tries to bring me a new office chair,...
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Database Programming: A Brief Note On The Second OPENROWSET Trick
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over 7 years ago
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Back in March, I presented the " second OPENROWSET trick ", a technique for loading a flat file into a single column of a single row of a table. In researching a question posed by Rob Jarratt of Microsoft Consulting Services in the UK, I discovered...
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Community Voting Is Open In The Made In Express Contest
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over 7 years ago
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I've previously blogged on this contest in March and in June .. and now the finalists are ready for your consideration. Twelve projects -- including a personalized print newspaper/magazine, an all-terrain self-maneuverable robot, and an X-10 smart...
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"Investigative Journalism" At Microsoft
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over 7 years ago
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This is pretty funny.. A friend alerted me to the fact that Microsoft Recruiting recently teamed with The Daily Show 's Ed Helms to produce an "expos é" of Microsoft. Check it out via Windows Media Player here . -wp
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SQL Server 2005 Cumulative Hotfix Download Available
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over 7 years ago
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I'm not sure how I missed this one.. A cumulative hotfix package (build 9.0.2153) has been released for SQL Server 2005 SP1. A full description of the fixes as well as instructions for downloading and applying them may be found here . The SQL development...
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Baseball Challenge 2006: Another Chance To Give Back
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over 7 years ago
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If this post looks familiar to long-time denizens of this space, it's most likely because you read this one last year. What follows is a shameless solicitation, directed towards my friends and colleagues in the Puget Sound region and throughout the...
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Scott's Answer, Completed: Temp Tables and Recompiles In SQL Server 2005
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over 7 years ago
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When I posted yesterday on this topic (first broached here ), I'd found some good information pertinent to SQL Server 2000 in Tom Davidson's MSDN article . However, at that point I hadn't had much luck finding the equivalent information for SQL Server...
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The Start of An Answer For Scott: Temp Tables and Recompiles
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over 7 years ago
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Kimberly Tripp, one of the most incredibly astute SQL poeple on the planet, calls her blog , "Improving *my* SQL skills through your questions". I would never steal her line, but after a bit of research on MSDN this afternoon, I can certainly relate to...
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Better Living Through Technology
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over 7 years ago
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My friend John Huschka has jumped into blogging with both feet, and it's a wonderful thing to see. He even got a shout-out from Bob Beauchemin during his first week.. pretty darn cool! What's almost as cool for me is that in John's latest post lies...
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Business Intelligence Is *Not* An Oxymoron
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over 7 years ago
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One of the wonderful things about my new position is that it provides a far different perspective on SQL Server than my old gig did. There's certainly great honor in building OLTP systems, but there's also a lot more going on in the world! Apropos...
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A Shiny New Corner of The Blogosphere
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over 7 years ago
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All I did was ask a question, honest.. When I was vetting my recent post regarding database design issues, I innocently asked my friend John Huschka if he had a URL he'd like me to link to his name when I cited it. Somewhat sheepishly, he replied he...
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