T-SQL Tuesday #025 – Tips and Tricks
And the trick i share for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday is… Distraction free management studio.
If you’re an avid writer, you might...
2011-12-13
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Blog Posts
Changes to SQL Server 2012 Execution Plans
I’ve been working with execution plans quite a lot in SQL Server 2012. There are a number of changes, most...
2011-12-12
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CPU-Z 1.59 Released
One of my favorite free tools for getting some processor and memory specific information from a Windows computer (whether is...
2011-12-12
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More Culture-The Failure Wall
Ran across this during my daily reading, a post by Jeff Stibel on Why I Hire People That Fail. The...
2011-12-12
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Presenting at IT Pro Camp in January 2012
My first outing of the new year will be at the IT Pro Camp here in Orlando, working on some...
2011-12-12
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Replication Bookmarks
I started a list of the resources I frequent the most in the MSDN Library SQL Server Books Online - Replication,...
2011-12-12
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SQL Traces and c2 auditing are different
Sometimes end users interchange the terms : C2 auditing and Traces.
They server different purposes.
c2 auditing records all attempts (successfull and...
2011-12-12
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Top SSAS white papers
These are my favorite SSAS white papers released by Microsoft, with many from SQLCAT. I’ll keep this post updated with new...
2011-12-12
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Working with SQL Server Third Party Vendors
I ran across Denny Cherry’s (@MrDenny) blog on Fixing Vendor Performance Problems in which he outlines three methods of dealing...
2011-12-12
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Notes from Mission Critical Environments in SQL Server 2012, Webinar by Marc Theoret
The other day I sat in while Marc Theoret gave a great overview of the what is coming in SQL...
2011-12-11
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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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