Installing Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 on VMware ESXi 5.1
For a weekend project, I’m installing Hyper-V 2012 in my home lab. I was having troubles getting Hyper-V installed on...
2013-07-06
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Blog Posts
Create a Named Set with all but one Member in MDX – SSAS
I was trying to create a Named set in SSAS 2008 using the MDX calculations. I wanted to include all...
2013-07-05 (first published: 2013-07-01)
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Getting Started With SQL Server 2014 the Easy Way
You know you want to at least take a look at the new Client Technology Preview (CTP) of SQL Server...
2013-07-05 (first published: 2013-07-01)
2,159 reads
Maidenhead SQL Server User Group – 9th July with Alex Whittles and John Martin
Another month and another evening of top quality free SQL Server goodness for those living/working in the Maidenhead area of...
2013-07-05
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Reblog: June 28 to July 4
I’ve always been a fan of the feeling when I find an old blog post that’s got just the information...
2013-07-05
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SQL Saturday Orlando: LAST CALL for Speakers
Hello Dear Reader! I just wanted to write to Thank All of you for the submissions to SQL Saturday 232...
2013-07-05
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SQLCMD –Quick Copy of Files – Using Robocopy
The requirement is to move the files to different server programatically and hence I’ve decided to use Robocopy in SQLCMD.
Robocopy...
2013-07-05
1,993 reads
Try out SQL Server 2014 CTP1 on Windows Azure
When SQL Server 2014 CTP 1 was announced last week, I was on it and getting ready to download within a...
2013-07-05
1,159 reads
Connecting Ruby 1.9.2 to Microsoft SQL Server on Windows
Ok, before I continue to next step, I really want to put down something about it. Especially about ‘how to...
2013-07-03
9,147 reads
freedom
I was thinking back fondly of my Dad - who passed away during Hurricane Sandy - this past Father's Day. Of the...
2013-07-03
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
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Escaping Strings
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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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