Monthly Archives: March 2011

SQL in the City – The Red Gate Tour

Posted on March 28, 2011 by way0utwest

Red Gate Software is announcing SQL in the City today, a series of events that will bring a free day of training to a few locations later this year. The events will be free and features specific Red Gate products … Continue reading →

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Playing Catch-Up

Posted on March 26, 2011 by way0utwest

I haven’t had to work on the Database Weekly newsletter in a month, and I knew my time was coming, but for some reason I didn’t realize it was this week. My calendar didn’t remind me, or if it did … Continue reading →

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How Many Bytes Are In My Column? – T-SQL Functions

Posted on March 25, 2011 by way0utwest

One of the things you want to be aware of when writing T-SQL is using the proper function for a particular problem. Someone posted a question asking about why they were getting a 0 for this code: SELECT Mychar , … Continue reading →

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What Differentiates Enterprise?

Posted on March 25, 2011 by way0utwest

There seems to be regular disagreement from SQL Server professionals about what features are most important for future versions and which bugs should receive the highest priority. However one thing that many customers complain about is the lack of features … Continue reading →

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