SQL 2016 Preview has been released!
For those who haven’t noticed already:
SQL Server 2016 CTP2 (or Preview as some call it) has just been released!
This means...
2015-06-01 (first published: 2015-05-28)
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Koen Verbeeck
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Speaking at ITPROceed 2015
This year I have the opportunity again to speak at ITPROceed, the biggest (Microsoft-related) conference in Belgium for the IT...
2015-05-27
429 reads
Overview of Published Articles – 2015Q1
Here is an overview of the articles I published in the first quarter of 2015.
INTENSE SCHOOL
MCSE Prep: Overview of T-SQL Windowing...
2015-04-22
535 reads
Overview of the data visualization books by Stephen Few
I recently finished the book Now You See It: Simple Visualization Techniques for Quantitative Analysis by Stephen Few of Perceptual...
2015-04-17 (first published: 2015-04-07)
7,371 reads
The shaky bug in SSIS
You may or may not have noticed it after installing SQL Server 2012: the designer interface in Visual Studio 2010/2012...
2015-03-24
742 reads
Solving a slow running query issue with UNION
That’s right! I will solve a performance issue by adding a UNION into the query. Interested? Read on!
I recently encountered...
2015-03-09 (first published: 2015-02-25)
8,812 reads
Small presenter tip: changing display mode automatically after presenter view
This morning Adam Machanic (blog | twitter) asked the following question on Twitter:
Anyone know if it's possible to configure PowerPoint 2013...
2015-03-04
682 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #63: How do you manage security
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Kenneth Fisher (blog | twitter) and its subject is about security.
Security is one of...
2015-02-18 (first published: 2015-02-10)
6,682 reads
Author of the Year at MSSQLTips.com
I have the pleasure and privilege to announce that I was awarded with the “Author of the Year” award at...
2015-01-13
514 reads
The mysterious permission issue
As you might have realized, this is not the title of an Agatha Christie book, but rather about some nasty...
2015-01-09
768 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
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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