OT: Maximizing My Time, Using Technology
Well I've taken the plunge. I have finally broken down and decided to dictate blog post, articles, and other documents....
2009-11-30
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Wesley Brown
- Interests: Collecting old computers
- Skills: I talk a lot.
Fundamentals of Storage Systems – Capturing IO Patterns
We often take the advice given to us on forums or in articles at face value. Even though the authors...
2009-11-27
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems – Capturing IO Patterns
We often take the advice given to us on forums or in articles at face value. Even though the authors...
2009-11-20
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Why does change control for SQL Server have to be so hard?
I’ve been dealing with change control and source code repositories for most of my professional career. While I’ve seen change...
2009-11-16
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When Technical Support Fails You – UPDATE and Answers!
As promised and update on what has happened so far. A correction needs to be made. the P800 is a...
2009-10-31
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Heading back to Seattle
I love visiting Seattle, even in November. Getting to catch up with old friends and meet new people is always...
2009-10-30
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When Technical Support Fails You
I have had the pleasure of being a vendor, and technical support for both hardware and software products. I know...
2009-10-30
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Hardware Review – EVGA UV Plus+ 16
This isn’t exactly related to SQL Server. I did effect my productivity. I am a monitor junkie. I love multi-monitor...
2009-10-21
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Yes, I am a square, but not the way my wife thinks.
I’ll be on the Twitter Bingo card along with a lot of other great SQL Server folks at Pass! Quest...
2009-10-21
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Fundamentals of Storage Systems – The System Bus
In my last post The Basics of Spinning Disks we covered hard drives, the back bone of our IO system....
2009-10-18
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Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
Forums
Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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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('Steve', 'Stan')
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