Orlando Code Camp 2017
I’ll be attending and speaking at Orlando Code Camp on April 8th. Come by and say hello if you’re attending,...
2017-03-27
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Blog Posts
Reading the January 2017 PASS Minutes
I’ve been catching up on stuff this week, including reading the January 2017 minutes. It was in-person meeting so a...
2017-03-27
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Reviewing the PASS 2017 Budget
I did a quick review of the 2017 PASS Budget. It’s not a page turner, but it has a lot...
2017-03-27
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sp_SrvPermissions & sp_DBPermissions V6.0 Finally!
It’s been almost 3 years since I updated these SPs! I can’t believe so much time has gone by! Well,...
2017-03-27
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SQL Saturday 619. Join me April 29, 2017 in Rochester, NY and learn to Paint with PowerShell!
If you are a SQL Server professional and are interested in spending a day with a bunch of other like-minded...
2017-03-27
306 reads
SQLBits 2017
I have never been to SQLBits (https://sqlbits.com/) before (due to budgets) but I am really looking forward to attending which...
2017-03-27
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Test your Sqlserver backups on Linux with PowerShell and dbatools
I have written about Test-DbaLastBackup in posts here, here and here. They have been Windows only posts.
With SQL Server vNext...
2017-03-27
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Columnstore Indexes – part 100 (“Identity”)
Continuation from the previous 99 parts, the whole series can be found at http://www.nikoport.com/columnstore/.
In Data Warehousing one will not be...
2017-03-25
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The Public Speaking Roadmap
So you look around, and all the cool kids are speaking at SQL Saturdays and PASS Summit and the like....
2017-03-25
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A Note on Configuring HP SSD’s
Sharing this without a supporting link, might help someone. During a recent move from SAN to local SSD the storage...
2017-03-24
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
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...
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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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