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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Blog Posts
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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#sqlfamily
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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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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Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 7: Vector and Vector Databases
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 6 we learned Embeddings, Semantic Search and Checks, on Day 7...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
Forums
Why End-User Testing Is Even More Important with AI
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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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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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