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February
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SQLBits VI has been announced!
That’s right folks. Another SQLBits is almost upon us. And this time it’s in London! This SQLbits is to be held at the Church House Conference Center on the 16th April 2010. Details will be updated over at www.sqlbits.com. Simon is on lookout for volunteers, so ...
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A Tale Of Two Execution Plans – Solved!
Earlier this week I wrote about a perplexing problem I was having where identical servers were producing different execution plans for the same ad-hoc query. I got a lot of great feedback, and Wes Brown (Blog | Twitter) even contacted Conor Cunningham (Blog), query optimizer team lead, for me. But ...
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Please, no TRIM()?
A couple weeks back I was asked, “How come Microsoft has yet to put TRIM() in SQL?” I don’t really know why there isn’t a TRIM() function in SQL Server. There is an LTRIM for function removing leading spaces. And an RTRIM function for removing trailing spaces. But there isn’t ...
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Please, no TRIM()?
A couple weeks back I was asked, “How come Microsoft has yet to put TRIM() in SQL?” I don’t really know why there isn’t a TRIM() function in SQL Server. There is an LTRIM for function removing leading spaces. And an RTRIM function for removing trailing spaces. But there isn’t ...
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My CodePlex Wishlist
Now that I've finally gotten version 1.5 of the Kimball Method Slowly Changing Dimension custom component for SQL Server Integration Services published, there will surely be some bugs and requests that need addressing.The project is hosted on Microsoft's open source project site, CodePlex. Now, I'm not an OSS veteran, so ...
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February Orlando PASS Meeting
Jack Corbett (@unclebiguns) and Andy Warren(@sqlAndy) invited me to speak at this month’s Orlando PASS meeting. First, I want to thank them for the opportunity. I enjoyed it. For the benefit of those who couldn’t make the trip to Tampa last month for SQL Saturday #32, I ...
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February Orlando PASS Meeting
Jack Corbett (@unclebiguns) and Andy Warren(@sqlAndy) invited me to speak at this month’s Orlando PASS meeting. First, I want to thank them for the opportunity. I enjoyed it. For the benefit of those who couldn’t make the trip to Tampa last month for SQL Saturday #32, I ...
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SQLAuthority News – Ahmedabad Community Tech Days – Jan 30, 2010 – Huge Success
Ahmedabad Community Tech Days was held on Jan 30, 2010 at Bhaikaka Hall. This event was very received well and attended by a large number of technology enthusiasts and a number of TOP speakers from various technologies. During this event Pinal Dave (myself) and Jacob Sebastian had decided to do ...
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