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Microsoft is supporting an effort by PragmaticWorks targeted at supporting technical training for returning veterans. I can’t think of a...
2011-12-09
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Blog Posts
A PASS Board Of Directors Endorsement
One of the requirements for the PASS Board of Directors application was a collection of recommendations - 3 from volunteers, 3...
2011-12-09
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My Recipe for Chocolate Pie
One of our small holiday traditions is that we bake at least one home made dessert. Hard to beat the...
2011-12-09
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PASS Board Of Directors Voting Open Through Dec. 20
Voting for the 2011 PASS Board of Directors elections started earlier this week and if you were a PASS member...
2011-12-09
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PASS Speaking Results
I got the PASS speaking results today on the new speaker portal. They posted the top sessions as well, overall...
2011-12-09
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Re-blog – December 2 – December 8
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers may...
2011-12-09
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Reduce heap table fragmentation
A table that does not have a clustered index is referred to as a Heap. While a lot has been...
2011-12-09
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SQL Database Status with sys.databases
I was creating a Powershell script for a SQL Server checkout procedure after a reboot , and used the state_desc column...
2011-12-09
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SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Volume 2 – My Review
Volume 1 was packed full of knowledge and a very welcome edition to my bookshelf! With the bar already set...
2011-12-09
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Book Review: Sixkill
Sixkill is the 39th Spencer novel, and the last that was written by Robert Parker before his death. The plot...
2011-12-08
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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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