SQLBits Public Sessions
If you’re over in the UK, or close to it, you’ve probably heard of SQL Bits even if you haven’t...
2013-01-07 (first published: 2013-01-03)
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Blog Posts
SSDT – TSQL Unit testing in multiple environments
Late in December, one the long awaited portions of functionality inside SSDT was released to an eager public, that being...
2013-01-07
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SSRS Subscriptions Report
As a part of my series leading up to Christmas 2012, I shared a script to Report on SSRS Subscriptions....
2013-01-07
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SSRS Subscriptions Report
As a part of my series leading up to Christmas 2012, I shared a script to Report on SSRS Subscriptions. It was soon found to have a bug with...
2013-01-07
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The Default Fillfactor for an Index
I ran down the rabbit hole on transaction logs recently. I started with Paul Randal’s post over at the SQL...
2013-01-07
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Day 6 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Dealing With Corruption in Allocation Pages
Day 6 of 31 Days of Disaster Recovery: Dealing With Corruption in Allocation Pages
31 Days of Disaster Recovery
Yesterday, I...
2013-01-06
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Trying the Nest Thermostat
I’ve had the Nest Thermostat on my wish list for a while. It has looked like an interesting bit of...
2013-01-06
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Give the Gift of Feedback
I bet if you think about it there are lots of times when people ask what you think about a...
2013-01-05
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Reports on Disk Space and Space in Files
Previously I have blogged about how to check for free space in a database at a file level; a file for a database can be very large, but the...
2013-01-05
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2012 in Review
With the year 2012 now in the rear view mirror, and while I’m still in the midst of my holiday...
2013-01-04
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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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