Database 101
I had an interesting phone call this morning from our professional services team. They are carrying out what I can...
2012-01-26
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Blog Posts
Introduction to XML DML (Part 2) - Using the modify() method: replace value of
This is the second part of a 3 part blog which will attempt to show some different ways of how...
2012-01-26
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RYO Maintenance Plan – Database Backups
Remember kids...
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a big proponent of automating routine tasks. If I have to do...
2012-01-26 (first published: 2012-01-23)
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SQL Server – Error Logs recycle without SQL Server Restart
If some long running error situation , the Error Log can become very big. In those situations , it can be time-consuming...
2012-01-26
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SQLCruise: The Trident
Move over Poseidon. I’m hitting the sea with my own trident (assuming I can get it through the TSA). My...
2012-01-26
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X on XMLA: i. Using XMLA
In my previous blog, I introduced the “X on XMLA” series. In this blog, I will do more of an...
2012-01-26
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You require WHAT for a license?
I was trying to acquire a license for a product I was trying to look at using a free program....
2012-01-26
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Congratulations to Philippe Falardeau for Monsieur Lazhar's Oscar Nomination (Played by Fellag, the Algerian Comedian Famous For Le Visa)
Congratulations to Philippe Falardeau - he has made the official Oscar Nominations!
http://www.monsieurlazharmovie.com/tourné à Montréal – Filmed in Montreal! The hilarious Algerian comedian...
2012-01-25
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Enabling Compression? Update your baseline
I wrote recently about capacity planning, with an item near the end about disk usage. Someone pointed out to me...
2012-01-25
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Find the version of the Master DB from a backup
Try researching recovering the master database online and you will see countless references to having to have SQL at the...
2012-01-25 (first published: 2012-01-20)
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Blogs
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...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 5: Notebooks, Hugging face models and Fine Tuning
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 4 where we learned Encoder, Decoder, and Attention Mechanism, today we...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
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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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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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