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Ruminating on issues pertinent to the design and development of sound databases and processes under Microsoft SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, and SQL Server 2000 (while reserving the right to vent about anything else that's on my mind)

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2010 10

  1. This Space Is Closed -- at least for now
  2. More About Our Dad, Thomas Alexander Pond
  3. RIP Thomas Alexander Pond: 1924-2010
  4. Two New Corners of the InterWebs -- and They’re Mine!
  5. Serving the SQL Server Blogosphere for a Twentieth of a Century!
  6. Five Things About sp_.. (okay.. Four Things and a Closing Argument)
  7. Happy Birthday, Mom v78.05
  8. MERGE, XML Access, and a CTE: Not So Fast
  9. DWWTWT?: January, 2010
  10. R.I.P. Robert B. Parker

2009 116

  1. DWWTWT?: December, 2009
  2. Happy Birthday Dad v85.0
  3. DWWTWT?: November 9-30
  4. DWWTWT?: November 2-6
  5. DWWTWT?: October 26-30
  6. New Career Campaign From Microsoft Learning
  7. Pond’s Laws Home Page Now Live
  8. The Pond's Laws Home Page
  9. DWWTWT?: October 19-23
  10. Windows 7 Now Available
  11. Pond’s Thirteenth Law: Change Won’t Be Cheaper Tomorrow
  12. Beta 2 Release for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Available for Download
  13. DWWTWT?: October 12-16
  14. DWWTWT?: October 5-9
  15. DWWTWT?: October 1-2
  16. DWWTWT?: September 30
  17. DWWTWT?: September 28-29
  18. Mark Your Calendar: Windows 7 Readiness Webcast on October 6
  19. A Gift From Jens and Jimmy
  20. SQL Server 2008 R2 August CTP Available for Download
  21. DWWTWT?: September 14-25
  22. DWWTWT?: September 7-11
  23. Pond’s Twelfth Law: In Your Pursuit of Five Nines, Don’t Practice in Front of the CIO
  24. Database Programming: A New String Concatenation Contender for SQL Server 2008
  25. DWWTWT?: September 1-4
  26. Database Programming: Did You Know IN Can Do This?
  27. Download a New Browser and Help Feed the Hungry
  28. DWWTWT?: August 31
  29. Adam Machanic Likes MERGE, Too
  30. Database Programming: Why I Like MERGE
  31. DWWTWT?: August 17-21
  32. DWWTWT?: August 10-14
  33. DWWTWT?: August 3-7
  34. At the Onset of My Fiftieth Year
  35. DWWTWT?: July 27-31
  36. Database Programming: What I’ve Learned About SQL Server 2008 (with a little on SQL Server 2005 thrown in)
  37. One Giant Leap for an Aspiring Geek: Congratulations, Jimmy May!
  38. DWWTWT?: July 20-24
  39. DWWTWT?: July 13-17
  40. Cumulative Upgrade 4 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 is Now Available
  41. DWWTWT?: July 6-10
  42. DWWTWT?: July 1-3
  43. Database Programming: The Time Zone Conversion Beast, Once Comatose, Returns to Taunt Us a Second Time (or, An Answer for Iain)
  44. DWWTWT?: June 29-30
  45. DWWTWT?: June 22-26
  46. Serving the SQL Server Blogosphere for a Twenty-Fifth of a Century!
  47. SQL Rap Contest Results in the Hizzle!
  48. DWWTWT?: June 15-19
  49. Database Programming: Using the .modify() Method Against an XML Variable in SQL Server 2008
  50. Happy Birthday, Mom v78.04
  51. It’s Milestone Season!
  52. DWWTWT?: June 8-12
  53. Mark Russinovich Windows 7 Application Compatibility Virtual Roundtable on June 18
  54. DWWTWT?: June 1-5
  55. Another Period of Blog Neglect Ends; Firefox Display Issues Repaired
  56. DWWTWT?: May 18-29
  57. DWWTWT?: May 11-15
  58. DWWTWT?: May 4-8
  59. More Blog Disruptions
  60. Blog Disruptions Today Now Complete; New Toys Now Available
  61. DWWTWT?: May 1
  62. Paul Randal Explains a Performance Bug
  63. DWWTWT?: April 27-30
  64. Yes, It’s True – I’m A Judge in SQL Fool’s RAP Contest
  65. DWWTWT?: April 20-24
  66. Cumulative Update Package 1 For SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 is Available for Download
  67. DWWTWT?: April 13-17
  68. R.I.P. Jong Ku Kim
  69. Changing the Default Collation When No User Databases are Present
  70. Paul S. Randal Has Another Important Survey
  71. I’m Not Sure This is Progress..
  72. DWWTWT?: April 6-10
  73. DWWTWT?: April 1-3
  74. DWWTWT?: March 30-31
  75. DWWTWT?: March 23-27
  76. DWWTWT?: March 16-20
  77. Database Programming: The OPENROWSET Trick, Revisited
  78. IE8 is Here!
  79. Better Late Than Never: Disaster Recovery Webcast This Morning
  80. What I Know Now: Ward’s Epistle to the N00bs
  81. Paul S. Randal Posts Some Sobering Statistics
  82. DWWTWT?: March 9-13
  83. TechNet White Paper on SQL Server Virtualization Now Available
  84. As Spring Approaches, a SQL Blogger’s Thoughts Turn to Daylight and Baseball
  85. Database Programming: NULL and (NOT) IN Don’t Mix Well
  86. DWWTWT?: March 2-6
  87. Microsoft Hosting Silverlight 2 Developer Contest with $5000 Prize
  88. DWWTWT?: February 23-27
  89. Registration Open for Spring 2009 IT Pro Tiki Hut Tour
  90. SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 1 CTP Released
  91. Microsoft Learning Asks a Loaded Question: Are You Certifiable?
  92. DWWTWT?: February 16-20
  93. Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles Moving to TechNet and MSDN
  94. Cumulative Update Package 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 Released
  95. Free Microsoft Press Virtualization E-Book Available for Download
  96. DWWTWT?: February 9-13
  97. Last Day to Start Downloading the Windows 7 Beta
  98. DWWTWT?: February 2-6
  99. Second Shot with a Side of Career Assist: Just What the Doctor Ordered
  100. Database Programming: OBJECT_NAME Takes Two Parameters
  101. Windows 7 Beta Downloads Close in a Week..
  102. DWWTWT?: January 26-30
  103. SINGLE_BLOB Size Limit: An Affirmation for Bert
  104. Windows 7 Beta Downloads Extended Through February 10
  105. DWWTWT?: January 19-23
  106. A Moment of Silence, Please
  107. The Microsoft Certified Master Programs Have Joined the Blogosphere
  108. Cumulative Update Package 3 for SQL Server 2008 Released
  109. DWWTWT?: January 12-16
  110. Get Well, Steve Jobs
  111. Issue 18 of The Architecture Journal Now Available
  112. DWWTWT?: January 5-9
  113. Yet Another Holiday Query: Adam Wants to Play
  114. Another Seasonal Query, Slightly Late..
  115. Windows 7 Beta Available for Download This Friday, January 9
  116. DWWTWT?: January 1-2

2008 178

  1. DWWTWT?: December 29-31
  2. Feedback is a Gift; Thanks, Kalen!
  3. DWWTWT?: December 22-26
  4. A Seasonal Query
  5. SQL Server 2005 SP3 CU1 Is Now Available
  6. DWWTWT?: December 15-19
  7. It's Here! SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 3 Now Available for Download
  8. Linchi Shea Makes an Interesting Point About Hints
  9. Database Programming: OBJECT_ID Takes Three-Part Identifiers
  10. DWWTWT?: December 8-12
  11. Cumulative Update Package 2 for SQL Server 2008 Released
  12. Throw Some SPARKs: Microsoft’s First Windows Embedded Hobbyist Competition
  13. DWWTWT?: December 1-5
  14. Windows Live Messenger Translation Services Available
  15. Happy Birthday, Dad! v84.0
  16. Just What *is* the Current SQL Server Patch Level, Anyway?
  17. DWWTWT?: November 24-28
  18. DWWTWT?: November 17-21
  19. SQL Server 2005 SP2 News from Paul Randal
  20. DWWTWT?: November 10-14
  21. What’s The One Thing A Technical Presenter Doesn’t Need?
  22. My Favorite Pieces of Feedback for “SQL Tricks” So Far
  23. Scripts for “SQL Tricks: Insights from Microsoft IT”
  24. Hello From Barcelona
  25. Cross-Database Connectivity: An Answer For Kyle
  26. Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 3.2 Now Available
  27. DWWTWT?: November 3-7
  28. DWWTWT?: October 27-31
  29. DWWTWT?: October 20-24
  30. Cumulative Update Package 10 for SQL Server 2005 SP2 Released
  31. Cross-Version Database Attachments, DBCC UPDATEUSAGE, and UPDATE STATISTICS
  32. I've Finally Taken The Technorati Plunge
  33. DWWTWT?: October 13-17
  34. Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 Developers Session Schedule Released!
  35. DWWTWT?: October 6-10
  36. Log Buffer #118: a Carnival of the Vanities for the DBA
  37. DWWTWT?: October 1-3
  38. DWWTWT?: September 29-30
  39. Don't Like My English? Try Me In Portuguese (and Eleven Other Languages) With Windows Live Translator!
  40. La Font de Canaletes Works Its Magic
  41. DWWTWT?: September 22-26
  42. A Note From Binh's Customer
  43. Database Programming: Sharing a Temp Table Among Processes
  44. Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable Tomorrow!
  45. Mobility, Defined: Greetings From MCO
  46. DWWTWT?: September 15-19
  47. Pond's Seventh Law Inspires a Question: Elegance Serving Randomness
  48. A Month and a Day in Florida
  49. One Little Thing I Missed..
  50. Deprecation of "Old Style" JOIN Syntax: Only A Partial Thing
  51. DWWTWT?: September 8-12
  52. Victory! Broadband Connectivity from my Home Office in the Boondocks
  53. Nullity: The Gift (of Nothingness) That Keeps On Giving
  54. A One-Stop Post for SQL Server Upgrade Considerations
  55. DWWTWT?: September 1-5
  56. DWWTWT?: August 25-29
  57. Non-Technical News: Greetings From Central Florida
  58. DWWTWT?: August 18-22
  59. DWWTWT?: August 11-15
  60. DWWTWT?: August 1-8
  61. A Brief Respite from The Ongoing Blog Neglect
  62. DWWTWT?: July 28-31
  63. DWWTWT?: July 21-25
  64. DWWTWT?: July 14-18
  65. DWWTWT?: July 7-11
  66. DWWTWT?: July 1-4
  67. DWWTWT?: June 30
  68. DWWTWT?: June 23-27
  69. TOP, ORDER BY, and Non-Unique Columns
  70. Ack! I Just Deleted Four Comments Accidentally!
  71. Blogiversary v3.0
  72. DWWTWT?: June 16-20
  73. DWWTWT?: June 9-13
  74. DWWTWT?: June 2-6
  75. I'd Much Rather Be At TechEd 2008 Developers..
  76. DWWTWT?: May 26-30
  77. DWWTWT?: May 19-23
  78. DWWTWT?: May 16
  79. Career News: Goin' Mobile
  80. DWWTWT?: May 15
  81. DWWTWT?: May 14
  82. DWWTWT?: May 13
  83. Non-Technical News: Lessons from Benihana and Brandon Roy
  84. DWWTWT?: May 12
  85. DWWTWT?: May 9
  86. Database Programming: Operator Precedence in DTS is a Matter of Inheritance
  87. DWWTWT?: May 8
  88. DWWTWT?: May 7
  89. DWWTWT?: May 6
  90. Database Programming: Operator Precedence In SSIS
  91. Database Programming: Operator Precedence In SQL Server
  92. DWWTWT?: May 5
  93. DWWTWT?: May 2
  94. DWWTWT?: April 30
  95. DWWTWT?: April 29
  96. DWWTWT?: April 28
  97. Two Pieces of Technical News from Kalen
  98. DWWTWT?: April 25
  99. DWWTWT?: April 24
  100. DWWTWT?: April 23
  101. Non-Technical News: Reflections Upon My Recent Attempt To Debunk Thomas Wolfe
  102. DWWTWT?: April 22
  103. DWWTWT?: April 21
  104. DWWTWT?: April 16-18
  105. Tech·Ed North America 2008 Developers Update/See You Next Week
  106. DWWTWT?: April 15
  107. DWWTWT?: April 14
  108. DWWTWT?: April 11
  109. More About Martha McCoy
  110. DWWTWT?: April 10
  111. DWWTWT?: April 9
  112. R.I.P. Tun-Hsu "Martha" McCoy -- and Thank You!
  113. DWWTWT?: April 8
  114. DWWTWT?: April 7
  115. DWWTWT?: April 4
  116. DWWTWT?: April 3
  117. DWWTWT?: April 2
  118. DWWTWT?: April 1
  119. Non-Technical News: All Is Finally Right With The World..
  120. DWWTWT?: March 31
  121. DWWTWT?: March 28
  122. DWWTWT?: March 27
  123. See You At Microsoft Tech·Ed North America 2008 Developers!
  124. DWWTWT?: March 26
  125. DWWTWT?: March 25
  126. DWWTWT?: March 24
  127. DWWTWT?: March 21
  128. Database Programming: The String Concatenation XML Trick, Finalized
  129. DWWTWT?: March 20
  130. DWWTWT?: March 19
  131. DWWTWT?: March 18
  132. R.I.P. Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)
  133. DWWTWT?: March 17
  134. Another Word On For-Fee Aggregators
  135. Database Programming: The String Concatenation XML Trick Revisited (Or, Adam Is Right, But We Can Fix It)
  136. DWWTWT?: March 14
  137. DWWTWT?: March 13
  138. Database Programming: The String Concatenation XML Trick
  139. DWWTWT?: March 12
  140. DWWTWT?: March 11
  141. Don't Forget! SQL Server 2008 Web Chat On Thursday, March 13
  142. DWWTWT?: March 10
  143. Yet Another Blog You Should Check Out
  144. DWWTWT?: March 7
  145. SQL Server 2008 February CTP Scheduled For March 13
  146. DWWTWT?: March 6
  147. DWWTWT?: March 5
  148. DWWTWT?: March 4
  149. DWWTWT?: March 3
  150. Greetings From Windows Live Writer, and Other Non-Technical News
  151. DWWTWT?: February 29
  152. DWWTWT?: February 28
  153. DWWTWT?: February 27
  154. At Long Last, Great News For Stephen and rudy
  155. DWWTWT?: February 26
  156. DWWTWT?: February 25
  157. DWWTWT?: February 21-22
  158. An Answer For Spazecaze: A Reasonable Method To Implement User Defined Fields
  159. DWWTWT?: February 18-20
  160. CTP 6 of SQL Server 2008 Is Now Available For Download
  161. Springtime Must Be Close At Hand..
  162. DWWTWT?: February 11-15
  163. DWWTWT?: February 8
  164. DWWTWT?: February 7
  165. Are You An ISV Who's Making A Difference In The World? Here's A Contest For You!
  166. R.I.P. Ken Henderson: 1967-2008
  167. DWWTWT?: February 5-6
  168. This Week: The SQL Server 2008 Jumpstart
  169. DWWTWT?: February 4
  170. DWWTWT?: February 1
  171. DWWTWT?: January 28-31
  172. Where Has Ward Been?
  173. What Do You Get When You Give A Community Builder An External Website?
  174. DWWTWT?: January 21-25
  175. DWWTWT?: January 14-18
  176. DWWTWT?: January 7-11
  177. DWWTWT?: January 2-4
  178. DWWTWT?: January 1

2007 216

  1. DWWTWT?: December 31
  2. DWWTWT?: December 24-28
  3. Season's Greetings
  4. DWWTWT?: December 19-21
  5. DWWTWT?: December 18
  6. DWWTWT?: December 17
  7. Non-Technical News: R.I.P. Dan Fogelberg
  8. DWWTWT?: December 14
  9. DWWTWT?: December 13
  10. DWWTWT?: December 12
  11. And The Winners Are..
  12. DWWTWT?: December 11
  13. DWWTWT?: December 10
  14. DWWTWT?: December 7
  15. DWWTWT?: December 5-6
  16. Today's Blog Post Is Brought To You By The Letter "D"
  17. DWWTWT? December 3-4
  18. Happy Birthday, Dad! v2.0
  19. DWWTWT?: November 29-30
  20. DWWTWT?: November 27-28
  21. DWWTWT?: November 26
  22. DWWTWT?: November 20-23
  23. DWWTWT?: November 19
  24. SQL Server 2008 November CTP Released!
  25. DWWTWT?: November 16
  26. DWWTWT?: November 14-15
  27. DWWTWT?: November 12-13
  28. DWWTWT?: November 9
  29. TechEd Developers 2007 Barcelona: Day 5
  30. DWWTWT?: November 8
  31. TechEd Developers 2007 Barcelona: Day 3
  32. DWWTWT?: November 7
  33. One More Picture (for now) From Barcelona
  34. Another Picture From Barcelona
  35. A Picture From Barcelona
  36. DWWTWT?: November 6
  37. DWWTWT?: November 5
  38. TechEd Developers 2007 Barcelona: Day 1
  39. TechEd Developers 2007 Barcelona: Day 0
  40. Greetings From Barcelona
  41. DWWTWT? November 1-2
  42. DWWTWT?: October 31
  43. Update/Clarification: I Might Start To, Like, Like LIKE..
  44. DWWTWT?: October 30
  45. DWWTWT?: October 29
  46. See You Even More In Barcelona: Two Additional Chalk Talk Sessions Added
  47. DWWTWT?: October 24-26
  48. DWWTWT?: October 22-23
  49. See You In Barcelona: Schedule Finalized For TechEd Developers 2007 Chalk Talks
  50. Database Programming: Why I, Like, May Never Write Another LIKE, Like, Ever Again
  51. Lubor Offers a Wonderful Synopsis of Partitioning
  52. DWWTWT?: October 15-19
  53. DWWTWT?: October 10-12
  54. DWWTWT?: October 8-9
  55. DWWTWT?: October 4-5
  56. DWWTWT?: October 1-3
  57. There's More To GO Than Meets The Eye
  58. DWWTWT?: September 24-28
  59. DWWTWT?: September 17-21
  60. See You At Microsoft TechEd Developers 2007!
  61. DWWTWT?: September 10-14
  62. DWWTWT?: September 6-7
  63. DWWTWT?: September 3-5, 2007
  64. DWWTWT?: August 28-31
  65. SQL Server 2008 HierarchyId LiveMeeting Event at 11am PDT
  66. DWWTWT?: August 27
  67. IF EXISTS (SELECT..) vs. IF (SELECT COUNT(1)..) > 0
  68. DWWTWT?: August 24
  69. DWWTWT?: August 23
  70. DWWTWT?: August 20-22
  71. SQL Server 2008 Datetime LiveMeeting At 11am PDT
  72. DWWTWT?: August 17
  73. Donald Farmer's "Improvements In SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services" At 11am PDT
  74. DWWTWT?: August 16
  75. Pond's Seventh Law, Applied Again
  76. CTP4 Of PerformancePoint Server 2007 Available For Download
  77. Links For Pending SQL Server 2008 Webcasts
  78. DWWTWT?: August 15
  79. DWWTWT?: August 14
  80. Holy Cow! So Long, Scooter..
  81. DWWTWT?: August 13
  82. Data Dude Power Tools Released
  83. DWWTWT?: August 9-10
  84. More SQL Server 2008 Webcasts Upcoming
  85. DWWTWT?: August 6-8
  86. DWWTWT?: August 1-3
  87. DWWTWT?: July 30-31
  88. DWWTWT: July 23-27
  89. Non-Technical News: Redmond Juniors Finish Fourth In Yakima Mid Summer Special
  90. Non-Technical News: Redmond Juniors To Play Tomorrow For Third Place In Yakima Tourney
  91. Non-Technical News: Redmond Juniors Win First Game At Yakima Mid Summer Special
  92. DWWTWT?: July 20
  93. DWWTWT?: July 19
  94. Technical News: Second Cumulative Update Released For SQL Server 2005 SP2
  95. Database Programming: TOP Without ORDER BY?
  96. DWWTWT?: July 18
  97. Denis Offers A Challenge
  98. Non-Technical News: Warning: Blog Neglect Ahead
  99. DWWTWT?: July 16-17
  100. DWWTWT?: July 12-13
  101. DWWTWT?: July 9-11
  102. February Release Date Announced For SQL Server 2008
  103. DWWTWT?: July 6
  104. DWWTWT?: July 5
  105. DWWTWT?: July 2-4
  106. DWWTWT?: June 28-29
  107. DWWTWT?: June 27
  108. DWWTWT?: June 26
  109. DWWTWT?: June 25
  110. DWWTWT?: June 22
  111. Serving The Blogosphere For A Fiftieth Of A Century
  112. SQL Server 2008 Table Valued Parameter Webcast
  113. DWWTWT?: June 21
  114. DWWTWT?: June 20
  115. DWWTWT?: June 18-19
  116. SQL Server 2008 LiveMeeting Recordings
  117. Happy Birthday, Mom
  118. DWWTWT?: June 14-15
  119. DWWTWT?: June 11-13
  120. Technical News: More SQL Server 2008 Information
  121. DWWTWT?: June 6-8
  122. Technical News: Two More SQL Server 2008 Web Events Next Week
  123. Technical News: June 11 SQL Server 2008 June CTP Web Chat
  124. DWWTWT? : June 5
  125. DWWTWT?: June 4
  126. Technical News: SQL Announcements at TechEd 2007; Dave Campbell Webcast At Noon PT
  127. DWWTWT?: June 1
  128. DWWTWT?: May 31
  129. DWWTWT?: May 29-30
  130. DWWTWT? May 28
  131. DWWTWT?: May 24-25
  132. Technical News: New SQL Server 2005 Cumulative Update Released
  133. DWWTWT?: May 21-23
  134. DWWTWT?: May 14-18
  135. DWWTWT?: May 10-11
  136. Microsoft BI Conference 2007: Days 2 and 3
  137. Technical News: Develop Without Borders Contest Winners Announced
  138. DWWTWT?: May 8-9
  139. Microsoft BI Conference 2007: Day 1
  140. Networking Opportunity: See You At The Microsoft BI Conference!
  141. DWWTWT?: May 7
  142. Public CTP of Data Dude Service Release 1 Is Now Available
  143. DWWTWT?: May 1-4
  144. DWWTWT?: April 30
  145. DWWTWT?: April 23-27
  146. Non-Technical News: The Final Brief Update On My Health (unless something else bad happens)
  147. Non-Technical News: Hawking One Step Closer To Space
  148. DWWTWT?: April 19-20
  149. DWWTWT?: April 16-18
  150. DWWTWT?: April 10-13
  151. SQL SUMMIT 2007: More SQL Developers, Another Room, LiveMeeting.. And Lunch!
  152. DWWTWT?: April 9
  153. Another Brief Update On My Health
  154. DWWTWT?: April 6
  155. DWWTWT?: April 2-5
  156. DWWTWT: March 27-30
  157. DWWTWT?: March 26
  158. DWWTWT?: March 21-23
  159. RIP John Backus
  160. DWWTWT?: March 19-20
  161. DWWTWT?: March 13-16
  162. DWWTWT?: March 12
  163. New To SSIS? Come Take A Guided Tour..
  164. DWWTWT?: March 9
  165. DWWTWT?: March 8
  166. DWWTWT?: March 7
  167. Books OnLine Updated For SP2, Too
  168. DWWTWT?: March 6
  169. Updated SQL Server 2005 SP2 Available For Download
  170. DWWTWT?: March 5
  171. DWWTWT?: March 2
  172. DWWTWT?: March 1
  173. SQL Server 2005 SP2 Maintenance Plans
  174. DWWTWT?: February 28
  175. DWWTWT?: February 27
  176. DWWTWT?: February 26
  177. DWWTWT?: February 23
  178. DWWTWT?: February 22
  179. SQL Server 2005 SP2 and Windows Vista
  180. DWWTWT?: February 21
  181. DWWTWT?: February 20
  182. DWWTWT?: February 19
  183. Technical News: SQL Server 2005 SP2 Available For Download!
  184. DWWTWT?: Feberuary 16
  185. Non-Technical News: A Brief Update On My Health
  186. DWWTWT?: February 15
  187. DWWTWT?: February 14
  188. DWWTWT?: February 13
  189. DWWTWT?: February 12
  190. DWWTWT?: February 9
  191. DWWTWT?: February 8
  192. DWWTWT?: February 7
  193. DWWTWT?: February 6
  194. DWWTWT?: February 5
  195. Database Programming: Using The modify() Method Against An XML Variable
  196. DWWTWT?: February 2
  197. DWWTWT?: February 1
  198. DWWTWT?: January 31
  199. DWWTWT?: January 30
  200. DWWTWT?: January 29
  201. DWWTWT?: January 26
  202. DWWTWT?: January 25
  203. DWWTWT?: January 24
  204. DWWTWT?: January 23
  205. DWWTWT?: January 22
  206. Non-Technical News: Blessings Come In All Shapes And Sizes
  207. DWWTWT?: January 15-19
  208. DWWTWT?: January 12
  209. DWWTWT?: January 11
  210. DWWTWT?: January 10
  211. DWWTWT?: January 9
  212. DWWTWT?: January 8
  213. DWWTWT? January 5
  214. DWWTWT?: January 4
  215. DWWTWT?: January 3
  216. DWWTWT?: January 2

2006 246

  1. DWWTWT?: December 29
  2. DWWTWT?: December 28
  3. DWWTWT?: December 27
  4. DWWTWT?: December 26
  5. DWWTWT?: December 25
  6. DWWTWT?: December 22
  7. DWWTWT?: December 21
  8. DWWTWT?: December 20
  9. DWWTWT?: December 19
  10. DWWTWT?: December 18
  11. DWWTWT?: December 14
  12. DWWTWT?: December 13
  13. Database Programming: Data Dude Has RTMed!
  14. DWWTWT?: December 12
  15. DWWTWT?: December 11
  16. A Day That Will Live In Infamy
  17. DWWTWT?: December 6
  18. DWWTWT?: December 5
  19. DWWTWT?: December 4
  20. Happy Birthday, Dad!
  21. Strange Bedfellows? Branson Offers Hawking A Boost
  22. Research Begets Enlightenment: The SSMA Downloads
  23. DWWTWT?: November 24
  24. DWWTWT?: November 23
  25. DWWTWT?: November 22
  26. Home For The Holidaze..
  27. Database Programming: A Decrypter For Omni
  28. DWWTWT?: November 21
  29. Database Programming: (Almost) A Decrypter For Omni..
  30. DWWTWT?: November 20
  31. DWWTWT?: November 17
  32. Living The American Dream
  33. SQL PASS 2006, Day 5
  34. DWWTWT?: November 16
  35. SQL PASS 2006, Day 4
  36. DWWTWT?: November 15
  37. SQL PASS 2006: Breakfast Panel Venue Change
  38. SQL PASS 2006, Day 3
  39. DWWTWT? November 14
  40. SQL PASS 2006, Day 2
  41. DWWTWT? November 13
  42. What Do You Get When You Put 350 SQL Developers In A Room And Open Up A LiveMeeting Link?
  43. Greetings From SQL PASS!
  44. Database Programming: Omnibuzz Steals A Saturday Night..
  45. Database Programming: SET Statements and Dynamic SQL
  46. DWWTWT?: November 10
  47. DWWTWT?: November 9
  48. A Brand New Blog You Might Not Know About Yet..
  49. Oh, Yeah.. There's Some Operating System News Today, Too..
  50. DWWTWT?: November 8
  51. It's Here! SQL Server 2005 SP2 CTP2 Released!
  52. DWWTWT?: November 7
  53. Vaya Con Dios, Old Friend..
  54. See You At PASS!
  55. DWWTWT?: November 6
  56. DWWTWT?: November 3
  57. A Brief, Innocuous, Perhaps Even Humorous Quasi-Political Statement
  58. DWWTWT?: November 2
  59. New Blog Features, With A Caveat: Beware Of Database Geeks Writing HTML
  60. DWWTWT?: November 1
  61. Another Blog You Should Know About (If You Don't Already)
  62. DWWTWT?: October 31
  63. DWWTWT?: October 30
  64. A Blog You Should Know About (If You Don't Already)
  65. DWWTWT?: October 27
  66. An Update For Cousin Tom: Classroom Stories, Business Intelligence, and Career News
  67. An Email From BillG
  68. DWWTWT?: October 26
  69. DWWTWT?: October 25
  70. DWWTWT?: October 24
  71. The Bloo Is No More.. Long Live The Blog!
  72. DWWTWT?: October 23
  73. DWWTWT?: October 20
  74. DWWTWT?: October 19
  75. IE7 Is Here!
  76. Better Living Through Tags?
  77. DWWTWT?: October 18
  78. DWWTWT?: October 17
  79. A "Kobiyashi Maru" On The Prime Number Front?
  80. DWWTWT? October 16
  81. DWWTWT?: October 13
  82. DWWTWT?: October 12
  83. DWWTWT?: October 11
  84. DWWTWT?: October 10
  85. From Dad's Bookshelf: More On Prime Numbers
  86. DWWTWT?: October 9
  87. DWWTWT?: October 6
  88. DWWTWT?: October 5
  89. Database Programming: Something Simple That, LIKE, ESCAPEd Me Until Now
  90. DWWTWT?: October 4
  91. DWWTWT?: October 3
  92. Welcome To My Bloo! I'm Afraid I Must Be Going For Awhile..
  93. DWWTWT?: October 2
  94. DWWTWT?: September 29
  95. DWWTWT?: September 28
  96. DWWTWT?: September 27
  97. DWWTWT?: September 26
  98. Technical News: Windows Vista September EDW Now Available
  99. DWWTWT?: September 25
  100. Database Programming: Closing The Door On The "Discredited" Prime Number Tangent
  101. Database Programming: Sunday Night Prime Number Update
  102. DWWTWT?: September 22
  103. DWWTWT?: September 21
  104. Database Programming: Set-Based Update -- Hugo's Syntax Outperforms Shaun's; Ward Tweaks Hugo's Syntax Even Further
  105. DWWTWT?: September 20
  106. Database Programming: Game, Set, Match -- Why Writing Code In Transact-SQL Is Different Than Writing In A Compiled Language
  107. Welcome Back, Peter Gammons!
  108. DWWTWT?: September 19
  109. Made In Express Contest Winners Announced!
  110. DWWTWT?: September 18
  111. DWWTWT?: September 15
  112. DWWTWT?: September 14
  113. DWWTWT?: September 13
  114. DWWTWT?: September 12
  115. Database Programming: Everything You Always Wanted To Know About JOIN Semantics, But Were Afraid To Ask
  116. Five Years On
  117. DWWTWT?: September 11
  118. Database Programming: Sergey Offers Another FOR XML EXPLICIT Syntax For Steve
  119. Database Programming: Buliding a FOR XML PATH Statement Containing Both an Element Value and an Attribute Associated With The Element
  120. Database Programming: Buliding a FOR XML EXPLICIT Statement Containing Both an Element Value and an Attribute Associated With The Element
  121. DWWTWT?: September 8
  122. DWWTWT?: September 7
  123. DWWTWT?: September 6
  124. DWWTWT?: September 5
  125. Windows Vista RC1 Has Arrived!
  126. DWWTWT?: September 4
  127. DWWTWT?: September 1
  128. Made In Express Contest Voting Closes Tonight
  129. Data Warehousing: A Open Note To Cousin Tom
  130. DWWTWT?: August 31
  131. DWWTWT?: August 30
  132. DWWTWT?: August 29
  133. Approaching A New Vista
  134. DWWTWT?: August 28
  135. DWWTWT?: August 25
  136. DWWTWT?: August 24
  137. DWWTWT?: August 23
  138. Database Programming: Mixing TOP With UNION
  139. DWWTWT?: August 22
  140. DWWTWT?: August 21
  141. DWWTWT?: August 18
  142. DWWTWT?: August 17
  143. Database Programming: One More Point On Recompilations and Temp Tables
  144. "Sharing Customer Pain" At Microsoft
  145. Database Programming: A Brief Note On The Second OPENROWSET Trick
  146. Community Voting Is Open In The Made In Express Contest
  147. DWWTWT?: August 16
  148. "Investigative Journalism" At Microsoft
  149. SQL Server 2005 Cumulative Hotfix Download Available
  150. Scott's Answer, Completed: Temp Tables and Recompiles In SQL Server 2005
  151. The Start of An Answer For Scott: Temp Tables and Recompiles
  152. DWWTWT?: August 15
  153. DWWTWT?: August 14
  154. DWWTWT?: August 11
  155. Better Living Through Technology
  156. DWWTWT?: August 10
  157. DWWTWT?: August 9
  158. DWWTWT?: August 8
  159. DWWTWT?: August 7
  160. Business Intelligence Is *Not* An Oxymoron
  161. DWWTWT?: August 4
  162. DWWTWT?: August 3
  163. A Shiny New Corner of The Blogosphere
  164. DWWTWT?: August 1
  165. DWWTWT?: July 31
  166. New SQL Server 2005 Books OnLine Available For Download
  167. Pond's Seventh Law, Applied: Avoiding Random Elegance
  168. DWWTWT?: July 28
  169. DWWTWT?: July 27
  170. DWWTWT?: July 26
  171. DWWTWT?: July 25
  172. DWWTWT?: July 24
  173. Database Programming: Temp Tables or Table Variables?
  174. DWWTWT?: July 21
  175. Pond’s Eleventh Law Emerges From Reflection Upon The Perils Of Going Fast
  176. DWWTWT?: July 20
  177. DWWTWT?: July 19
  178. DWWTWT?: July 18
  179. DWWTWT?: July 17
  180. Non-Technical Content: Redmond Raiders Win Thriller
  181. DWWTWT?: July 14
  182. DWWTWT?: July 13
  183. Non-Technical Content: Raiders Now 1-1 In Tournament Play
  184. Optional Parameters: Adam Hopes I'm Joking, But The Joke's On Me
  185. DWWTWT?: July 12
  186. DWWTWT?: July 11
  187. Database Programming: One Last Gasp On Optional Parameters
  188. DWWTWT?: July 10
  189. DWWTWT?: July 7
  190. DWWTWT?: July 5
  191. Database Programming: No Better Options For Optional Parameters
  192. DWWTWT?: July 4
  193. Redmond Raiders Update: Moses Lake, Here They Come!
  194. Database Programming: Nearing Capitulation On Optional Parameters
  195. DWWTWT?: July 3
  196. Database Programming: An Incrementally Better Mousetrap For Optional Parameters
  197. DWWTWT?: June 30
  198. Do I Need To Start A Baseball Feed?
  199. Made In Express Contest Finalists Selected
  200. Database Programming: Optional Parameters Revisited
  201. DWWTWT?: June 29
  202. What Do You Get When You Put 600 Database Developers In A Room?
  203. DWWTWT?: June 28
  204. DWWTWT?: June 27
  205. Epilogue: Not All Dreams Come True
  206. DWWTWT?: June 26
  207. DWWTWT?: June 23
  208. DWWTWT?: June 22
  209. This Blog Is One Year Old!
  210. DWWTWT?: June 21
  211. DWWTWT?: June 20
  212. DWWTWT?: June 19
  213. Happy Birthday, Mom
  214. DWWTWT?: June 16
  215. DWWTWT?: June 15
  216. DWWTWT?: June 14
  217. DWWTWT?: June 13
  218. New Job, New (non-technical) Blog Feature
  219. Good Luck, Robert Scoble
  220. .Net Inside Microsoft: Meet Brad Uhrich
  221. SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 QFE Rollup Released
  222. Front Page (Career) News: Opportunity Knocks; Your Correspondent Answers
  223. Database Programming: SET Options That Impact XML Access In SQL Server 2005
  224. I Haven't Forgotten About You..
  225. Technical News: One More SQL Server 2005 SP1 Post - Download Link For Books OnLine
  226. Technical News: "Express" Program Extended Indefinitely
  227. Technical News: SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 1 Now Available For Download
  228. Database Programming: Yet More On Optional Parameters
  229. Database Programming: Just What Were Those Performance Implications, Anyway?
  230. Database Programming: User-Defined Functions And Linked Server Connections
  231. Pond's Laws of System Design (or, How To Be A Competent Professional In An Irrational World)
  232. Thank You For Enabling Me To Be Blatantly Self-Congratulatory
  233. Database Programming: Implementing Optional Parameters To A Stored Procedure
  234. Technical News: SQL Server 2005 SP1 March 2006 CTP Now Available
  235. Database Programming: Feedback Requested -- Which Syntax Is More Maintainable?
  236. Microsoft Announces Development Contest
  237. Database Programming: The Oldest Performance Trick In The Book
  238. Database Programming: A Word About XQuery Performance Tuning In SQL Server 2005
  239. Loading An XML Document Into SQL Server: Another OPENROWSET Trick
  240. Database Programming: IDENT_CURRENT() Behavior Change In SQL Server 2005
  241. T-SQL Update Operations: An Answer For Jared
  242. Non-Technical News: New Site With Metric Tons Of Great Music
  243. Database Programming: Applying APPLY -- Solving Parent Axis Access Performance Issues In XML Access In SQL Server 2005
  244. Database Programming: A More Performant Alternative To COLUMNS_UPDATED()
  245. CASE To The Rescue Again: Order Of Operations In SQL Server
  246. Finally, An Answer (and a mea culpa) For Adam Machanic

2005 18

  1. Database Design: A Brief Rant About Quality
  2. Slight Ado About Nothing: More On NULLs
  3. 93,000 Concurrent SAP Users In A Free Download?!
  4. Launch 2005: Here Comes The Next Generation of Developer Tools
  5. XML Programming in SQL Server 2005
  6. Database Design: Do Not Fear NULLs
  7. Two Programming Tricks: Counting Characters In A String and RETURN CASE
  8. The Gig Was..
  9. The Gig is On
  10. SQL Server 2005 September CTP Available Now!
  11. Respite From The Last Mile
  12. Baseball Challenge This Sunday!
  13. The OPENROWSET Trick: Accessing Stored Procedure Output In A SELECT Statement
  14. Facelift I
  15. Thanks, Scotty..
  16. A Solution For Stripping Invalid XML Characters From varchar/text Data Structures
  17. SQL Server 2005 XQuery Performance Tips
  18. Welcome!