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February 2010 - Posts

• February PASSMN Meeting

  If you’ve got the time, stop in to socialize and learn a bit about SQL Server.  Kalen Delaney will be in town teaching a class over at Benchmark Learning and has offered to join the meeting to talk about Simple Recovery Model.   Also, Barbara Read More... Posted Saturday, February 13, 2010 6:00 AM by Jason | 0 Comments

• 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 Read More... Posted Friday, February 12, 2010 8:30 AM by Jason | 2 Comments Filed under: SQL 2005, SQL 2008, Performance Tuning, SQLServerSyndication, SQL Tips

• My Three Events

  A while back, I noticed that Paul Randal ( on twitter as @paulrandal ) had started a new blog meme on three events that brought their life to where it is today .  I’ve skipped a lot the past year’s memes due to time constraints but thought I’d chime Read More... Posted Friday, February 05, 2010 6:08 PM by Jason | 0 Comments Filed under: Off Topic, SQLServerSyndication