Blockades and ladders to learning new tech
It’s been a long time since I’ve been a true newbie to a technology. There are plenty of things I...
2014-02-03
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Blog Posts
Cumulative Update – 15 for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 Is Now Available !
The 15th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3 is now available for download at the Microsoft...
2014-02-03
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Cumulative Update – 8 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 Is Now Available !
The 8th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 is now available. Cumulative Update 8 contains all...
2014-02-03
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Eight Essential Questions for Every Corporate Innovator
Reflect before you leap into action.
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2014-02-03
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HBR’s 10 Must Reads: The Essentials
If you read nothing else, read these 10 articles from HBR’s most influential authors: 1) “Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive...
2014-02-03
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Installing VMware vCenter 5.5 on Windows Server 2012R2
Recently I encountered a small glitch while trying to install VMware’s vCenter 5.5.0b Server on a new VM with Windows...
2014-02-03
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Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #69
It’s Monday time for this week’s weekly link round-up. If you want to catch these links “live” (so exciting), follow...
2014-02-03
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Negative session_ids
I probably had the most fun all week when a query I was running came up blocked. Sounds strange right?...
2014-02-03 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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Powershell in a Month Day 15 – Jobs
This is part of my Powershell Challenge, to learn more about PowerShell (PoSh) using the Learn Windows Powershell 3 in...
2014-02-03
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Renaming The Reporting Services TempDB Database
Strange that I’ve never had/wanted to do this before, helping someone do it today and renaming it causes everything to...
2014-02-03
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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