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  1. Windows 8 demo

    A Windows 8 demo was just released.  Looks really cool.  Check it out at Previewing ‘Windows 8’ as well as Microsoft’s Windows 8 Demo From D9 (Video) and Windows 8 partner demo.  If you just want screen shots, check out this article on eWeek.com.  Also read How Windows ...

  2. Using Built-in system functions – UPDATE()

    UPDATE() function can be used to determine whether an INSERT or UPDATE was made on the specified column. You can use it inside a trigger to test if a column has been updated by INSERT/UPDATE statement. for example, I have below table: – © 2011 – Vishal (http://SqlAndMe.com)   USE ...

  3. DROPping all Databases on an Instance

    I’m doing a testing my database restores. Notice that I say I’m testing the restores. If the backups don’t work, neither will the restores. Part of my process is to drop the existing databases in the restore target instance. It’s really the only place I can ...

  4. NOSQL- A Quick Overview

    Several attendees at the SQLRally were asking about NoSQL (“Not Only SQL”) and its benefits. This article gives a quick overview: HERE. Also, two good resources have come out from my friend Guy Harrison. This piece on Cassandra, one of the most popular NoSQL databases, was published a while back ...

  5. Un-SQL Friday #004: Speaker Lessons Learned

    I began writing a story about, shall we say, a less than positive speaking experience…and then I realized: This is an Un-SQL Friday topic if ever there was one! I hereby declare this Friday Un-SQL Friday. While T-SQL Tuesday is “…the SQL Server blogosphere’s first recurring, revolving blog ...

  6. Is it done yet?

    If you’re like me, you have users always asking how long something is going to take. Today I had to run DBCC CHECKDB against a server that crashed unexpectedly. I was asked by my managers how long the process would take. Before I’d just take a guess based ...

  7. Wind of Change

    I know as an independent contractor change is constant but sometimes it hits you alot more than others. I’ve been at my current “gig” for almost 3 years so deciding to wind down and leave comes with it’s fair share of emotions, emotions that I haven’t felt ...

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