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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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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
SQL Q&A - Technet Magazine, October 2006
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SQL PASS 2006: The Growing World of SQL Server: Surviving the Data Avalanche (Nov. 19)
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I’m Not Sure This is Progress..
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.. but after some serious goading from Jimmy May and Michelle Ufford , I’ve taken the plunge and become a Twitterato. If you’d care to join my community of followers (do I sound like a cultist yet?), you can do so here . If you’re so inclined, you...
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Why I Didn’t Write an April Fool’s Post
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I meant to. I really did. But I got sick last week , and my energy level has been slow enough to come back that my focus was entirely elsewhere until about six last night. I panicked. I gave fleeting consideration to throwing something hasty...
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Database Programming: The OPENROWSET Trick, Revisited
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One of the most popular posts in the history of this little corner of the Internets is one from August, 2005, which describes a method for accessing stored procedure output in a SELECT statement which I’ve come to refer to as “ the OPENROWSET trick ....
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IE8 is Here!
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Microsoft’s newest web browser, Internet Explorer 8, was released about three hours ago and is now available for download here . If you want it, go get it! -wp this copyrighted material was originally posted at http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond . ...
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Better Late Than Never: Disaster Recovery Webcast This Morning
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I’m a little late to the party here, but this is pretty apropos of some of our discussions here lately. Brent Ozar is hosting a Disaster Recovery Horror Stories webcast this morning at 11a ET/8a PT. You can read the full details here . I don’t think...
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What I Know Now: Ward’s Epistle to the N00bs
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And I remember what she said to me How she swore that it never would end I remember how she held me, oh so tight Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then Bob Seger, Against the Wind All you need is love Love is all you need John Lennon and Paul...
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Paul S. Randal Posts Some Sobering Statistics
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Paul’s name should be familiar to denizens of the SQL Server blogosphere. Along with his wife, Kimberley Tripp , he’s a principal of SQL Skills (home also to the redoubtable Bob Beauchemin , with whom I share a birth date of significance to SQL Server...
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TechNet White Paper on SQL Server Virtualization Now Available
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Great news today from Mark Pohto: the TechNet White Paper SQL Server Consolidation at Microsoft has just been posted. You can download a Microsoft Word document here , or read it on-line here . In addition to being one of the world’s leading experts...
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As Spring Approaches, a SQL Blogger’s Thoughts Turn to Daylight and Baseball
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As we progress towards the Ides of March, one of my best friends-who-I’ve-never-met, Jimmy May , notes our annual transition to Daylight Savings Time , in a post he generously concludes with a link to one of this very blog’s oldies but goodies . In...
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Database Programming: NULL and (NOT) IN Don’t Mix Well
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Jens Suessmeyer is a Microsoft Consultant in Germany who frequently shares his useful techniques and insights both inside Microsoft and in the community at large. In his latest post , he answers a colleague’s question with a simple yet thorough...
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Microsoft Hosting Silverlight 2 Developer Contest with $5000 Prize
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This week I’m hoping to get through my backlog of postable material. It makes sense to start with the time-sensitive stuff.. Microsoft is asking game developers to bring their best ideas to light using Silverlight 2, a flexible new platform for delivering...
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Database Programming Contest: Adam Machanic Throws Down
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Never let it be said that Adam Machanic lacks style.. Adam left a comment on yesterday’s revisiting of the XML String Concatenation Trick, announcing his T-SQL Challenge: Grouped String Concatenation contest. Read Adam’s post to get all of the particulars...
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Database Programming: The String Concatenation XML Trick, Revisited
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UPDATED 27 February 2009 for spelling I’ve got to pay more punctual attention to my comment pool.. RBarryYoung’s movingsql.com will be on my blog roll shortly after I get this posted (second attempt; first thwarted by a laptop hang. I have suspended...
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Registration Open for Spring 2009 IT Pro Tiki Hut Tour
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I’ve got to say, the title of this post isn’t a sentence I ever saw myself typing.. but that’s before I got Blain Barton ’s email today and followed the link .. Blain’s got all the details, including registration links, but you’re basically invited...
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SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 CTP Released
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I’m a day late with this, I’m afraid, but it’s still worthwhile.. As reported yesterday on the Microsoft SQL Server Release Services blog , Microsoft has released the Community Technology Preview (CTP) for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1. It’s available...
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Microsoft Learning Asks a Loaded Question: Are You Certifiable?
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This is a really cool idea.. If you’ve ever considered taking a certification exam but aren’t sure if you’re ready, here’s a fun, risk-free way to practice – Are You Certifiable? , a new on-line game from Microsoft and Fuel Industries. Choose an avatar...
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Non-Technical Content: 25 Random Baseball Things About Me
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UPDATED 21 FEBRUARY 2009 in the cold morning light: grammar in the introduction and #s 1, 5, 10, 12, 15, 18, and 20; new links in #1; and new information in #18. UPDATED 21 FEBRUARY 2009 later in the day because I just remembered I've been to Texas...
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I Hate to Bring This Up Again..
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..but, once again, the dark underbelly of human nature has shown itself in my trackback pool.. Back in March of 2008, I went off on a little two - post rant about for-fee aggregators. At the time, I said: For awhile now, I've been aware that there...
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Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles Moving to TechNet and MSDN
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Word today from Christopher Kilborn over at Port 80 that, as part of a larger initiative, Microsoft is relocating much of its Knowledge Base library. The money quote: Microsoft is moving its Developer & IT Professional primary support content...
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Cumulative Update Package 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 Released
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Only a day late this time .. Cumulative Update Package 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 has been released and is available for download here . As always, Microsoft recommends that you test this package on another instance before installing it into...
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Free Microsoft Press Virtualization E-Book Available for Download
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Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions, by Mitch Tulloch, the Microsoft Virtualization team and published by Microsoft Press, is available as a FREE download here . This 15mB, 400+ page E-Book covers all current Microsoft virtualization technologies...
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Last Day to Start Downloading the Windows 7 Beta
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As previously mentioned , if you want to work with the Windows 7 Beta, you need to start your download today and finish it by this Thursday, 12 February 2009. Full details are available here . If you want it, go get it! You need to register...
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Second Shot with a Side of Career Assist: Just What the Doctor Ordered
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In light of the current state of the economy (not to mention recent news in my own back yard (I can still call it that since we continue, against our deeply held wishes, to own a house in Redmond)), I make it a point to count my blessings every day. ...
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Database Programming: OBJECT_NAME Takes Two Parameters
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This post is a cousin of sorts to last December’s post regarding the OBJECT_ID function. I learned this from Dirk Gubbels when he sent me a follow-up email to the seasonal T-SQL he passed along (the posting of which spawned a small flood ). This “trick...
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Windows 7 Beta Downloads Close in a Week..
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.. and you’ve only got nine days left to finish your download. Here’s a lazy cut-and-paste from my previous post on the topic.. There’s a new post on The Windows Blog indicating that general availability of the Windows 7 Beta download will end on...
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