Getting Excited: SQLBits is Coming!
Other than changing planes once at Heathrow Airport, I've never been to England, so I'm getting really excited about traveling...
2011-09-19
870 reads
Allen White
- Interests: Running, Theatre, Flying, SQL Server
Check the Default Database Setting for your Admin Accounts
Last weekend, as I was waiting for the start of the performance of the Cleveland Orchestra at its summer outdoor...
2011-08-31
1,793 reads
[Speaking] Lots of Speaking Engagements in September and October
As Adam Machanic said, Fall is the busy season for speaking, and it will be for me. Here's a brief...
2011-08-22
766 reads
Pull Performance Data from Perfmon Logs with PowerShell
For the last year and a half or so I've been presenting a session on how to gather perfmon data...
2011-08-21
2,388 reads
[OT] On Community
Last fall, and winter, and spring I was part of the PASS Election Review Committee. It was interesting, sometimes fun,...
2011-08-11
623 reads
[Speaking] Presenting at AITP Region 18 IT Con
The IT Con event this Saturday, June 18, is an event similar to SQL Saturday. It has three tracks, an...
2011-06-16
768 reads
Use PowerShell to Add a Login to a Database Role in all Databases
Mark Freeman (@m60freeman) posted a question on Twitter using the #sqlhelp hashtag today, asking "Does anyone have a script to...
2011-06-03
6,146 reads
What Encryption Algorithms Are You Using?
Security is an important consideration when designing a database application. Who can get access to what data? How much damage...
2011-05-31
2,112 reads
Endpoints Need Privileges Too
Yesterday I delivered a session for the PASS DBA Virtual Chapter on Service Broker. In preparing for the session I...
2011-05-26
1,274 reads
Monitor your SQL Server Agent Proxies Using PowerShell
Over time it's easy to lose track of the things you set up to get work done. As a consultant,...
2011-05-25
1,217 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optimism Without Illusion or Why...
SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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