Azure Storage pricing
Azure storage is a great, inexpensive solution for storing your data in the cloud. There are many types of Azure...
2016-05-25
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Blog Posts
Connecting to Azure SQL Database
Recently I created my first Azure SQL Database. But now I need to connect to it.
You can connect using...
2016-05-25
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The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA)
“The RPC server is unavailable. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800706BA)” error may occurs when executing PowerShell scripts using WMI query.
There can...
2016-05-25
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10 SQL Server Data Warehouse Design Best Practices to Follow (Part 1 )
This past Saturday I had the pleasure of speaking at SQL Saturday #552 here in beautiful Jacksonville, Florida. My good...
2016-05-24 (first published: 2016-05-16)
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Changing Your PASS Credentials
I got an email today from PASS, noting that credentials were changing from username to email. That’s fine. I don’t...
2016-05-24
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Database Restore Fails with Msg 3154
Have you ever tried to restore over an existing database only to receive the following error message?
Msg 3154, Level 16,...
2016-05-24
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Live execution plans
SQL Server 2016 brings one of the new features – The live execution plan. You can enable it by clicking the...
2016-05-24
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Live execution plans
SQL Server 2016 brings one of the new features – The live execution plan. You can enable it by clicking the highlighted icon on the Toolbar. Then running a query...
2016-05-24
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Live execution plans
SQL Server 2016 brings one of the new features – The live execution plan. You can enable it by clicking the highlighted icon on the Toolbar. Then running a query...
2016-05-24
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On the Buckeye Blitz!
In just a few weeks I’ll be doing the Buckeye Blitz. That is, a tour of user groups in Ohio...
2016-05-24
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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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