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Welcome to the new home of SQL Servings
I’m in the process of moving my blog from Blogger to my own domain. The old site, http://sqlservings.blogspot.com, will stay up for a while. However I’m posting all new material here. And, as you can see, I’m just getting started. Plenty of changes in ...
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2010 Goals Review
I started the year with 10 Goals for 2010 and now I'll end it by looking at how many of those goals I met. 1 . Start A PASS Chapter I filed the paperwork with PASS HQ in November and MagicPASS's first meeting will be Jan. 19, 2011. More ...
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End of year review 2010 and goals for 2011
Last year I set myself a number of career goals which were more around certifications and learning than anything else, whilst this is very important and I feel passionately about learning I have realised over the last 12 months that this is not the only thing that I should be ...
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End of year review 2010 and goals for 2011
Last year I set myself a number of career goals which were more around certifications and learning than anything else, whilst this is very important and I feel passionately about learning I have realised over the last 12 months that this is not the only thing that I should be ...
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Hide SQL Server Instance on all versions
It is holiday season everywhere. It means that Freeze on Change Controls. Nothing changes so nothing breaks. Also the instances my team supports have been very supportive this holiday season. Hence most of my recent posts have been inspired by the questions that I respond in the forums, not from ...
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XQuery for the Non-Expert – Substring() Function
Within the value() and query() methods it is sometimes desirable to return a portion of a string. Similar to T-SQL, there is a substring function in XQuery that provides this functionality. In this XQuery for the Non-Expert post we’ll be looking at the syntax for this function. Along with ...
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Windows Cluster Scripting with WMI and PowerShell
Windows 2008 R2 includes a failoverclusters PowerShell module, but you’ll probably find normal usage limiting for several reasons: Only works on Windows 2008 R2 clusters Requires the cluster service which in effect makes it difficult to run remotely except via PSRemoting Implements specialized data types instead of using WMI ...
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Reflecting on 2010
All week I’ve been enjoying reading observations about this year from fellow SQL Server bloggers. A recurring theme seems to be that we all can always keep getting better, which is something I think about quite often. I’m very proud of my professional progress this year, particularly that ...
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SSMS SQLCMD Mode
A question was posted on the MSDN forums in regards to executing a query file from SQL Server management studio without having to first open the file. My first instinct was to use xp_cmdshell or even create a clr procedure, but this was way overkill. I began to respond pointing ...
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2010 PASS Summit Interviews
It’s entirely fair to say that the highlight of my professional year is the PASS Summit in Seattle, and the highlight of the Summit is the recorded interviews we do each year (starting in 2009). The way we pick interviews is, we say “Who do we like, and/or ...
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