SQL Server XQuery Against Execution Plans
One of the greatest things about all the DMOs is how you can combine the information they present to you...
2011-10-25
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Blog Posts
The Basics of Joins – Skill #4
This series of blog posts are related to my presentation, The Top Ten Skills You Need, which is scheduled for...
2011-10-25
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Troubleshooting THREADPOOL Waits
Today I want to talk about a specified wait type that can be sometimes very hard to
troubleshoot: the THREADPOOL wait...
2011-10-25
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Tuesday Hardware Tidbits
There have been a few interesting developments on the hardware front over the past week that I want to cover...
2011-10-25
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ALTER SCHEMA
Use this select statement to create a list of ALTER SCHEMA statements for all stored procedures in a SQL Server...
2011-10-24
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Brad or Spot?
Today we have another guest post from Steve Jones.
I’m no expert on animals, but I have a little experience out...
2011-10-24
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Deploying SSIS Packages with BIxPress
Same functionality but obvious differences
If you’ve worked with SSIS for any amount of time, you may quickly come to find...
2011-10-24
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GiveCamp Tampa 2011
This past weekend I participated at GiveCamp Tampa 2011 (http://www.givecamptampabay.org/) as part as the Worldwide GiveCamp (http://www.givecamp.org) weekend sponsored by...
2011-10-24
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I Can’t Go To Space
If I could win the DBA In Space contest, I’d be all over it like white on rice. But I...
2011-10-24
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It’s Your Career
It’s your career. It’s something you have to take ownership of and work on. I know that life is busy,...
2011-10-24
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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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