The Good the Bad and the Ugly of my extended job search
Now that I’ve finally started a new job (explains why I haven’t blogged for a while) I can discuss my...
2014-08-25
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Blog Posts
Speaking at SQLSaturday #336 Holland
I received some great news this week, my session about wait statistics is selected for SQLSaturday #336 in Utrecht, Holland!
This...
2014-08-23
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Friday Followup For August 22, 2014
It’s Friday, time to look back at the most popular RealSQLGuy posts of the week. Because it’s Friday and you’re...
2014-08-22
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Odds and Ends To Think About
Got this in morning email from Khan Academy. Not sure if I agree that we all can learn anything, but...
2014-08-22
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Reblog: August 15 to August 21
Photo credit – Mike Lynch
A good cure to a creepy doll is a good old post that is still useful. In...
2014-08-22
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Security Updates released in MS14-044, and An Approach Microsoft’s Incremental Servicing Model
On August 12th, 2014, another infamous ‘patch-Tuesday,’ Microsoft released a series of Security Updates for multiple versions of SQL Server,...
2014-08-22
1,984 reads
SQL Code Guard v2.6 released
Today we released new version of SQL Code Guard, 2.6
Main changes:1. Bug fixing2. Small GUI and usability improvements3. Fixed support...
2014-08-22 (first published: 2014-08-18)
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SQL Server Keyboard Shortcuts
SQL Server Keyboard Shortcuts for Management Studio
SQL Server Management Studio is filled with lots of optional settings that lets you...
2014-08-22 (first published: 2014-08-18)
9,788 reads
SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan-Part 38
I just checked in again on our LinkedIn campaign, had a couple days with good impression counts. We can still...
2014-08-22
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The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
A few friends challenged me yesterday, including Grant Fritchey and Aaron Bertrand. Last night, when I got to the Denver...
2014-08-22
1,309 reads
Blogs
Stupid Things I Did With AI: ASCII Art
By Steve Jones
I ran across this article recently (https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code) and it has a great opening piece...
Simple Talks Podcasting in 2026
By Steve Jones
I’m in the UK today, having arrived this morning in London. Hopefully, by this...
SSMS 22 still inserting tabs instead of spaces
I’m not trying to start up a debate whether you should use tabs or...
Forums
Cumulative Update 23 - KB5074819 - Database Mail - No longer working.
Hi there, Has anyone else had any trouble with Database Mail in Cumulative Update...
Script Task execution error with HTTP request
I have a script task that tries to execute a HTTP request, which seems...
SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer Edition
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer...
Question of the Day
URL Safe or Not?
If I use BASE4_ENCODE() in SQL Server 2025, is the output URL Safe by default?
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