Big Data Hackathon in Microsoft Canada: Power Map will find your way!
Big Data, what a term! Some people instantly think of a huge sometimes cumbersome volume of information, others define it...
2015-04-10
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Blog Posts
2015-04-10
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I Am Grateful For
I decided in January that I would write regularly about people that I’m grateful for. Now it’s April. Oops.
The concepts...
2015-04-10
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In-Memory OLTP: Part 1 – Introduction
In-Memory OLTP is getting a lot of (rightly deserved imho) hype at the moment. But what does it entail exactly?...
2015-04-10 (first published: 2015-04-06)
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On PowerShell
I use PowerShell a lot and I write about using it to solve problems quite frequently. The fact that I...
2015-04-10
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On PowerShell
I use PowerShell a lot and I write about using it to solve problems quite frequently. The fact that I...
2015-04-10
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Why I Want to Have Coffee With You
Yesterday I read an article entitled “Why I Don’t Want to Have Coffee With You”, in which the author writes...
2015-04-10 (first published: 2015-03-31)
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April Blogging Challenge 2 – Primary Key in CREATE TABLE
The April Blogger Challenge is from Ed Leighton-Dick and aimed at new bloggers, but anyone is welcome. I’m trying to...
2015-04-09
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Delete unused SQL Agent jobs from instance
I recently worked on a project where the client requested to “remove all of the unused jobs” that had been...
2015-04-09 (first published: 2015-04-01)
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Detaching a Database – File Security Gotcha
I’ll admit it, there are times where detaching a database is the best way to get something accomplished, but it...
2015-04-09
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
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...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBA is Dead; Long...
Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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