Finding File Growths with Extended Events
I give a SQLSaturday session called "Introduction to Extended Events" and at a recent presentation I had a pair of...
2016-06-17 (first published: 2016-06-13)
6,360 reads
Blog Posts
Return Max or Min Value of a Group of Columns as a Single Column
Recently, I needed a query to identify tables that developers had create as point-in-time backups of tables that were never...
2016-06-17
780 reads
SQL Prompt Prevents Stupidity
I upgraded my SQL Prompt recently, mostly as a habit. The team led by David and Aaron are always adding...
2016-06-17 (first published: 2016-06-09)
2,501 reads
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 3
In past two weeks’ posts (1, 2) I talked about how I’ve got a few copies of Expert Performance Indexing for SQL Server to give away. This is a book that I...
2016-06-17
6 reads
SQL Server Indexing Book Giveaway – Week 3
In past two weeks’ posts (1, 2) I talked about how I’ve got a few copies of Expert Performance Indexing for...
2016-06-17
719 reads
SSMS Tools Pack - A Handy Tool for generating CRUD
So I've had this tool around for a while, but never found much usage out of it to be honest....
2016-06-17
2,777 reads
Upcoming Course – LFCE: Advanced Linux Networking
I’m pleased to announce that I’m working on a new course for Pluralsight.
The course is titled LFCE: Advanced Linux Networking.
This course targets IT professionals that design and maintain Linux...
2016-06-17
6 reads
Upcoming Course – LFCE: Advanced Linux Networking
I’m pleased to announce that I’m working on a new course for Pluralsight.
The course is titled LFCE: Advanced Linux Networking.
This...
2016-06-17
777 reads
Why is creating excel sheets from SSIS so hard ?
If there is one process that should be simpler than it is out of the box, it is creating Excel...
2016-06-17
1,435 reads
Help! My backup file has doubled in size.
Help! I backed up my database yesterday and the backup file was about 200MB but today it’s closer to 400!...
2016-06-16
582 reads
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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