July 2008 - Posts

• SSMS T-SQL Debugger ScreenCast

  just posted - SSMS T-SQL Debugger ScreenCast 5:58 - focuses on the call stack. If you haven't played with the new Debugger, this is an easy way to get a look-see. Read More... Posted Wednesday, July 23, 2008 1:22 AM by Paul Nielsen | 0 Comments Filed under: debugger, Screencast, SQL Server 2008, SSMS

• The Romantic DBA

  Tomorrow is our Thousandths Day - Edie and I will have been married for exactly one thousand days. How do I know? SQL Server told me: Select DateAdd ( d , 1000 , '10/22/2005' ) When I first told Edie about Thousandths Day a few months ago, she thought Read More... Posted Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:30 PM by Paul Nielsen | 2 Comments

• Zoomix, Semantics, and the future of SQL Server

  Yesterday, Microsoft bought Zoomix , a very cool Israeli company. (<tangent> Israel is one of my favorite words - rich with layers of meaning: Isra meaning "one who struggles" and El, a Hebrew name for God </tangent>.) Sunday I meet up with Read More... Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:55 PM by Paul Nielsen | 2 Comments Filed under: Zoomix semantics