MySQL TinyInt treated as Boolean
When working with a MySQL database as a source you may experience some unexpected results in your data extracts. Most of the...
2015-04-29
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IT Pro Camp Tampa 2013
This year I was honored to sponsor and speak at IT Pro Camp Tampa 2013. Like always, it is a...
2013-10-27
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My PASS Summit 2013 Presentations
I had the honor to speak for the first time at this past PASS Summit 2013 in Charlotte, NC. It...
2013-10-27
854 reads
Configuring BIDS 2008 / 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2008 to work with Database & Business Intelligence Projects and Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Working with the SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS Business Intelligence projects along with Database projects in the same Visual Studio 2008...
2013-08-14
2,657 reads
Connecting to the Hortonworks Sandbox v1.3 through IP 192.168.56.101
I recently downloaded the Hortonworks Sandbox v1.3 Hyper-V VM and had a hard time connecting to the included web interface...
2013-08-08
1,651 reads
Presenting 2 sessions at SQLPASS
I’m truly honored to be chosen to speak at PASS Summit 2013. The honor is compounded as I have been...
2013-05-22
692 reads
.Net Code Camp Orlando 2013
This past Saturday March 16th, I had the opportunity to speak once again the .Net Orlando Code Camp. I presented...
2013-03-18
791 reads
I have been appointed as PASS Regional Mentor for the Greater Southeast
I have been appointed as PASS Regional Mentor for the Greater Southeast by PASS (http://www.sqlpass.org). I am truly honored to...
2012-08-21
894 reads
Top 3 Reasons Why Evernote is worth $1 billion to me
Everyone heard about Facebook’s recent purchase of Instagram for $1 billion dollars. No one can imagine how they came with such...
2012-04-11
875 reads
SQL Server Upgrade error: It is not possible to change the SQL Server features to be upgraded in this release. Validation errors. There are no features selected for upgrade.
On a recent project I was asked to “upgrade” a licensed SQL Server 2008R2 Standard Edition to SQL Server 2008R2 Enterprise Edition....
2012-03-30
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Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #201 Round-Up: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?
By ReviewMyDB
The T-SQL Tuesday #201 round-up: nine bloggers on whether temp tables are a friend...
Monday Monitor Tips: Configuring Access to the MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, including the Redgate...
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
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A Challenge of Our Knowledge
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RegEx Functions I
Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?
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