Managing Multiple Servers Thanks to Registered Servers & the Benefits
Since I changed organisations in January this year, I asked one of my colleagues to export his SQL Server Management...
2013-08-01
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Blog Posts
Notes on Moderating a 24 Hours of PASS Presentation
Last night (8pm Eastern) I had my first run as a 24HOP moderator and wanted to share some thoughts on...
2013-08-01
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PerformancePoint: Show Details greyed out
In PerformancePoint, when using a analytic grid or chart or a scorecard, if you are not able to use the...
2013-08-01
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Showing a 100% Progress Gauge in Power View
What I’m going to show you is not rocket science. This one gets filed under the category of “well, duh. ...
2013-08-01
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Spend some quality time with your Database using Database Snapshots for testing
First let’s get things straight, this post is not an encouragement for anyone to spend more time with his/her Database...
2013-08-01
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SQL Server events in the UK August 2013
You might have thought that the UK SQL Server scene would have gone quiet during the summer break, but far...
2013-08-01
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SQL Server, Pricing, Editions and Features
I Want Features Not Cost!
Recently Brent Ozar (blog|twitter) wrote a post SQL Server Standard Edition Sucks, And It’s All Your...
2013-08-01
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SQL Server, Pricing, Editions and Features
I Want Features Not Cost! Recently Brent Ozar (blog|twitter) wrote a post SQL Server Standard Edition Sucks, And It’s All Your Fault. Needless to say, he isn’t happy with...
2013-08-01
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When and How to Shrink Your Database
Most DBAs know that shrinking a database is a bad thing. But in many cases, there is no DBA around,...
2013-08-01
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Where I’ll Be
Things have been too quiet here on the blog, but there’s a reason (a few actually). This year has been...
2013-08-01
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Blogs
Accept the no and move on
By Brian Kelley
Here is a short emotional intelligence (EI) post for today, courtesy of Seth Godin....
Don’t Fight with AI
By Steve Jones
I was recently trying to handle a simple task with a few AI tools...
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Forums
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
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Escaping Strings
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Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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