Virtualization resource consumption counters lie to you
OK, so maybe they do not lie to you, but I got your attention. In virtualized environments, the performance statistics...
2014-02-06 (first published: 2014-01-28)
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Blog Posts
Your top 10 favorite Excel posts of 2013
The most popular Excel blog posts of 2013 reflect your interest in the new capabilities we’ve added to Excel this...
2014-02-06
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Automate T-SQL Merge For Loading Dimensions
If you’re a data warehouse developer, chances are you use T-SQL Merge statement to process slowly changing dimensions. If you’ve...
2014-02-05
1,334 reads
Free data & statistics, data collection, analysis, visualization and sharing – knoema.com
Knoema is a knowledge platform. The basic idea is to connect data with analytical and presentation tools. As a result,...
2014-02-05
556 reads
Just use Version Control
There are free systems out there. If you have no budget, and want to get started, download one of these:
Subversion:...
2014-02-05 (first published: 2014-01-28)
2,943 reads
Master Data Services for the Beginner Part 03
Introduction
In yesterday’s discussion we looked at creating entities and their related attributes. We learnt that a ‘model’ could be very...
2014-02-05 (first published: 2014-01-28)
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New Data Science – What’s Next?
While every organization is different, their “big data” is often very similar. It typically comprises massive amounts of data across...
2014-02-05
407 reads
Powershell – Extract Versions for SQL Features
Over the last few months I’ve been directed to ensure that all of our SQL Servers in the Development and...
2014-02-05
1,531 reads
Presenting at Code Camp Orlando
I’ll be at Code Camp Orlando on March 22, 2014 doing a presentation on storing credit cards in SQL Server...
2014-02-05
628 reads
Presenting at SQLSaturday Tampa
The schedule just went up, I’ll be presenting PCI for the SQL DBA this year. Looking forward to visiting Tampa...
2014-02-05
499 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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