Three Engine Improvements in SQL Server 2008 R2
The upcoming (by May 2010) of SQL Server 2008 R2 has been primarily focused on enhancements in the BI area...
2010-02-02
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Glenn Berry
Three Engine Improvements in SQL Server 2008 R2 (Updated)
The upcoming release (by May 2010) of SQL Server 2008 R2 has been primarily focused on enhancements in the BI...
2010-02-02
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Some BI Related Official Microsoft Related SQL Server Blogs
My other Microsoft blog list was more focused on relational database administration and development, so here is my list of...
2010-02-01
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Some BI Related Official Microsoft SQL Server Blogs
My other Microsoft blog list was more focused on relational database administration and development, so here is my list of...
2010-02-01
757 reads
Some Selected Official Microsoft SQL Server Blogs
Here is a list of a some of the official Microsoft SQL Server blogs that I have stumbled across. Some...
2010-02-01
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Teaching Two SQL Server 2008 Classes at University of Denver, University College in Spring Quarter
I’ll be teaching two SQL Server 2008 classes this spring at University of Denver, University College. The first one, which...
2010-02-01
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Paul Randal’s Benchmarking Series
Fellow SQL MVP Paul Randal of SQLSkills, (who is also Kimberly Tripp’s husband, and a former long-time Microsoft employee) has...
2010-01-29
2,749 reads
Are You Running the x86 Version of SQL Server 2005/2008?
If so why? Honestly, I am curious why people may still be running 32-bit versions of SQL Server 2005, 2008,...
2010-01-28
2,900 reads
Living with TED 5000
Since I installed my TED 5000 home energy monitor about a week ago, I have learned quite a bit about...
2010-01-25
936 reads
Are You on Twitter?
Like many busy DBAs, I used to be very dismissive of Twitter. It seemed like a self-indulgent waste of time....
2010-01-24
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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
Why the following cmds in sequence do not work
I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...
When SQL Server Central Went Down
Comments posted to this topic are about the item When SQL Server Central Went...
The String Distance I
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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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