Article re-featured on SQLServerCentral
The second article I had published on SQLServerCentral, ANSI PADDING, Trailing Whitespace, and Variable Length Character Columns, was re-featured in...
2009-07-31
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Jack Corbett
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ActiveAugust –> Getting More Fit
ActiveAugust started as a discussion on Twitter and Mike Walsh (@mike_walsh) has set the bar with his blog post about...
2009-07-28
1,199 reads
SQLSaturday 21 – Orlando Announced!
Andy Warren and crew at OPASS have announced that SQLSaturday 21 – Orlando will be held at Seminole Community College, 100...
2009-07-28
1,299 reads
Learning some javascript
As part of my work I need to be a “Jack of all trades” meaning I not only need to...
2009-07-24
641 reads
Meet, Greet, & Remember?
How many of you have said, “I have a real hard time remembering names” or “Excuse me, I know we...
2009-07-21
413 reads
Mystery of Failing Database Mail
Have you ever seen this error when you have setup database mail:
The mail could not be sent to the recipients...
2009-07-20
428 reads
July OPASS Meeting Recap
Last night I attended, along with about 20 others, the latest and greatest OPASS meeting. I got there early to...
2009-07-15
531 reads
Off Topic – Why I’m unclebiguns on Twitter
There may be some people wondering why I go by the name @unclebiguns on Twitter. I am basing this on...
2009-07-15
397 reads
OPASS Meeting July 14th
Hey, Orlando area SQL Server folks, don’t forget the OPASS meeting 6pmTuesday, July 14th at End to End Training (map). ...
2009-07-13
445 reads
Mid-year update on my goals
I recently saw that Steve Jones had posted an update on his 2009 goals and realized that is was about...
2009-07-07
368 reads
Blogs
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...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
ROLLUP to calculate Month total for all Categories
Good Afternoon, I have built a table with four columns: Period(Month), Category, Numerator, Denominator....
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers