Unlimited Vacation
Unlimited Vacation sounds good, and maybe it works, but I wonder how much vacation people really take at Red Frog....
2012-01-20 (first published: 2012-01-12)
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Blog Posts
Case Sensitive searches in T-SQL
I just ran into an issue with one of my applications where a SQL statement had updated a status code...
2012-01-19
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Dedicated Administrator Connection
Recently you may have read my article about some hidden functions in SQL Server. In that article you learned that...
2012-01-19
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Dedicated Administrator Connection
Recently you may have read my article about some hidden functions in SQL Server. In that article you learned that those functions were in some DMOs and that you...
2012-01-19
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How to let non-admin business users run replication agent jobs
This blog post is basic in nature but highlights a very real requirement that may arise when administering replication. Occasionally...
2012-01-19 (first published: 2012-01-13)
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Introducing “X on XMLA”
XMLA or XML for Analysis is used in SQL Server Analysis Services and other multidimensional data systems to manage the...
2012-01-19
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Master Data Services 2012
As I mentioned in a pervious post Master Data Services for SQL 2012 is a huge improvement over the SQL...
2012-01-19
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Session Code – Extending Reporting Services with Custom Code
This is my wish list of things I’d like to cover in todays session at 11 AM EST https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/935071481 but...
2012-01-19
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SQL Server – Powershell Excel to HTML
SQL Server, Powershell and Excel are a good mix . But saving to Powershell output to HTML is versatile – if requiring...
2012-01-19
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SSRS Tip: Hide a tablix if no rows returned
I have a tablix in an SSRS report, populated by a query that might or might not return any rows. ...
2012-01-19
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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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