Ooops! Was that me? (Blog Challenge)
We have all made mistakes in our careers, I thought I’d share one of mine as a quick tip to...
2017-01-10
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Blog Posts
Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 31 – Horizontal Funnel)
In this module you will learn how to use the Horizontal Funnel Power BI Custom Visual. The Horizontal Funnel functions...
2017-01-10 (first published: 2016-12-29)
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 33 – Sankey Bar Chart)
In this module you will learn how to use the Sankey Bar Chart Power BI Custom Visual. The Sankey Bar...
2017-01-10
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Query Optimizer and Data Definition Language Queries
Data Definition Language queries don’t go through the optimizer, right? While normally, my short answer to this question in the past would...
2017-01-10
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Running SQL Queries with Visual Studio Code
Reading this blog post by Shawn Melton Introduction of Visual Studio Code for DBAs reminded me that whilst I use...
2017-01-10 (first published: 2017-01-05)
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SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests
T-SQL Tuesday #86: SQL Server Bugs & Enhancement Requests hosted by Brent Ozar. https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2017/01/announcing-t-sql-tuesday-87-sql-server-bugs-enhancement-requests/ I did not want to miss out...
2017-01-10
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The Most Lacking Feature In SSRS (7 years and no fix?)
This post is a response to this month's T-SQL Tuesday prompt. T-SQL Tuesday was created by Adam Machanic and is a way for SQL users to share ideas about...
2017-01-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #86 – Adding when DBCC CHECKDB last ran to the SYS.DATABASES catalog view
Brent Ozar is hosting TSQL2sDay #86 this month and in response to Brent Ozar’s Call for Important Connect Items I...
2017-01-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #86 – Adding when DBCC CHECKDB last ran to the SYS.DATABASES catalog view
Brent Ozar is hosting TSQL2sDay #86 this month and in response to Brent Ozar’s Call for Important Connect Items I wanted to highlight this one about adding the date...
2017-01-10
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T-SQL Tuesday #86 – Adding when DBCC CHECKDB last ran to the SYS.DATABASES catalog view
Brent Ozar is hosting TSQL2sDay #86 this month and in response to Brent Ozar’s Call for Important Connect Items I wanted to highlight this one about adding the date...
2017-01-10
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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
Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optimism Without Illusion or Why...
SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
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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