This is part of a look back at the history of SQL Server Central as a part of our 25-year celebration in Feb 2026. "They want how much?" That was a question I got from Andy one afternoon as we discussed how we were going to manage the growth of SQL Server Central. I had […]
2026-02-06
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In my previous tip, Pagination Performance in SQL Server, I showed how to make SQL pagination more predictable – turning O(n) into O(1). I materialized and cached row numbers to page through instead of calculating them on every request. It wasn’t the whole story, though; real pagination queries rarely get to sort without filtering. Users always want more control, and filtering can threaten that predictability.
2026-02-06
Deploy resources in Azure using reusable code with Terraform modules.
2026-02-05 (first published: 2022-10-10)
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Continuing with Steve Jones series on string manipulation, this article looks at an interesting facet of the SELECT operator.
2026-02-05 (first published: 2001-07-04)
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Continuing Steve Jones' series on string manipulation in T-SQL, this article examines how quotations are handled in T-SQL.
2026-02-05 (first published: 2004-03-25)
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Steve Jones continues his series on string manipulation. This articles examines the issues of quotes when implementing dynamic SQL.
2026-02-05 (first published: 2002-04-04)
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2026-02-04 (first published: 2026-02-03)
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In this article by Steve Jones, he shows you how to manipulate strings.
2026-02-04 (first published: 2004-04-05)
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Expanding on his series of string manipulation in T-SQL, Steve Jones takes a look at how you go about removing those unseen characters from your strings.
2026-02-04 (first published: 2007-02-13)
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The second part of Steve Jones's series on programming and manipulating strings in T-SQL.
2026-02-04 (first published: 2002-05-31)
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By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
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In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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