SQL Server 2016 is here!
Today is the day: SQL Server 2016 is available for download! You can download all the versions (enterprise, standard, web,...
2016-06-01
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Random Workload Generator
Hello Dear Reader! Before I start this blog I want to give credit to Jonathan Kehayias (@SQLPoolBoy | Blog). He’s an...
2016-06-01 (first published: 2016-05-20)
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SSMS bug #1
This happens at my instance of SSMS and at the colleagues' one it doesn't. The SQL Server Agent duplicates its...
2016-06-01
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“Tuesday Morning” SQL Break – May 31, 2016
Yesterday it was Monday, which is when I usually aim to post a weekly blog and twitter round-up. But since I...
2016-05-31
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Analyzing David and Goliath datasets on a same chart; Dual Axis in Excel, Power BI and SSRS
[2016-May-31] Two different metrics, two different datasets, one may represent a very high value and the other one is very low....
2016-05-31
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Bad Data Can Kill
Bad data can kill. Literally. I’m not talking about the impact of bad data on the bottom line of business,...
2016-05-31 (first published: 2016-05-20)
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Goodness-of-Fit Testing with SQL Server Part 7.4: The Cramér–von Mises Criterion
By Steve Bolton
…………This last installment of this series of amateur tutorials features a goodness-of-fit metric that is closely related to...
2016-05-31
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I hate saying no
I really do. There is a joke that DBAs say no to everything and there is some truth to that....
2016-05-31
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Power BI Desktop May 2016 Update Info: Conditional Formatting and Quick Calc
*Update: The Power BI team has finally published a blog post with all the new features and its glorious! Read...
2016-05-31
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Precedence Goes to Query Store or Plan Guide?
While presenting at SQLDay in Wroclaw, Poland, on the Query Store, I was asked a pretty simple question, which takes...
2016-05-31
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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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