Going to the PASS Summit? Join Us at a Networking Dinner
For the third year Steve Jones and I are coordinating a very informal networking dinner on Monday night the week...
2012-09-21 (first published: 2012-09-15)
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Blog Posts
Mac Daddy!
In my Three Strikes post I wrapped up the sorry tale of trying to get an X1 Carbon delivered from...
2012-09-21
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Notes from My 24 Hours of PASS Presentation
Quick notes:
Because it was scheduled for 7 am local I decided to do it from home. Good plan, except it...
2012-09-21
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PASS Elections 2012
Yeah, it’s that time again. And we have a magnificent slate of people running. I mean truly amazing and wonderful...
2012-09-21
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SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) – September 2012 update
SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) has a new update (version 11.1.20905, with the previous version being 11.1.20225). The SSDT team...
2012-09-21
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SQLTreeo resurrection
I would like to inform you that I transferred all activities around SQLTreeo SSMS Add-In to couple of persons who...
2012-09-21
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Transact-SQL analytic functions in SQL Server can help solve problems quickly
Like other mainstream commercial database systems, SQL Server supports analytic functions in Transact-SQL to depict complex analytical tasks. With the...
2012-09-21
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Upgrade SQL Server 2005 Full-Text Catalog to SQL Server 2012……By Detach & Attach…….Part 2 of 2
Upgrading fulltext data from a SQL Server 2005 database to SQL Server 2012 by restoring a database backup.
We have copied...
2012-09-21
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Verify those Backups
It’s important that you backup your database. The most important thing you can do. However making backups isn’t enough: you...
2012-09-21
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24 Hours of PASS Fall 2012
Do you like training? Do you like FREE training? Then make sure you check out the 24 Hours of PASS...
2012-09-20
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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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