Spring SQL Server Connections / DevConnections
I returned late last night from the Spring DevConnections event, delivering three sessions in the SQL Server Connections conference. I...
2012-03-30
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday #130 Jacksonville Schedule Posted
SQL Saturday Jacksonville is just under a month away (April 28) and I’m happy to announce the we recently released...
2012-03-30
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SQL Server Upgrade error: It is not possible to change the SQL Server features to be upgraded in this release. Validation errors. There are no features selected for upgrade.
On a recent project I was asked to “upgrade” a licensed SQL Server 2008R2 Standard Edition to SQL Server 2008R2 Enterprise Edition....
2012-03-30
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Start Building Your Next Network
Take a look at your network right now and while it probably has some diversity, I bet it’s tied pretty...
2012-03-30 (first published: 2012-03-25)
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Stress Thoughts-Part 4
Recently I suffered through a frustrating and contentious meeting, and that was stressful. I needed a walk, a few minutes...
2012-03-30
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An Amusing New Chapter of My Career
My New Office
Starting next week, that’s the first week of April, this will be my new office. Well, not really,...
2012-03-29
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An Amusing New Chapter of My Career
Starting next week, that’s the first week of April, this will be my new office. Well, not really, but I’ll be working for the company that hosts this coaster,...
2012-03-29
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Caveats of a CONTROL SERVER permission
Today morning I was working on one of the server to complete the regular documentation of security audit with details...
2012-03-29
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Contained Databases in SQL Server 2012
One of the problems with databases in SQL Server is the dependency of the database on various parts of the...
2012-03-29
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Error 18456 a little more friendly in 2012
While preparing a demo for a presentation, I generated a 18456 error in the SQL instance by selecting a non-existent...
2012-03-29
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
Why I stopped using MCP for AI coding stuff
By HeyMo0sh
Something has shifted quietly in 2026. The developers I know/respect—the ones actually shipping, not...
Forums
Dynamic Unpivot
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
Writing as an Art and a Job
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String Similarity II
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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