Piiiiiiiigs, er DBAs, in Space!
If you don't get the reference, it was a set of skits on the old Muppet Show and it starred...
2011-10-13
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Blog Posts
Red Gate Software is Sending a DBA into Space!
By now, you should have already heard the big news. Red Gate Software is sending a DBA into space. When...
2011-10-13
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Red-Gate Jumps the Moon
After this morning’s keynote, I managed to make it down to the expo hall JUST in time to catch Red-Gate’s...
2011-10-13
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SQL PASS 2011: Live Blog Keynote Day 2–Quentin Clark
7:50AM – arrived at bloggers table and positioned between Rooob Farley and Kevin Kline. Just meet SQLBalls, in front is Ryan...
2011-10-13
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SQL PASS Keynote : Day(s) 1&2
This is my first time here at PASS and I got a swept away in all the excitement. I tweeted...
2011-10-13
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SQL PASS Summit – Day 3 (the rest)
After a info filled keynote, on to the rest of the day. I decided to attend the Bare Metal Instructor...
2011-10-13
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SQL PASS Summit–Day 4 (Keynote)
Bill Graziano kicked off the event today with the notice of the official “Kilt Day” at the Summit. He also...
2011-10-13
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SQL Server 2012 and other PASS annoucements
Some announcements and notes from SQL PASS Summit 2011, going on this week:
It was announced that the official name of the...
2011-10-13
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SQL Server 2012 and other PASS announcements
Some announcements and notes from SQL PASS Summit 2011, going on this week:
It was announced that the official name of the...
2011-10-13
981 reads
SQL Server 2012 SSIS – Why is my toolbox empty?
So recently I was doing a demonstration using the new SQL 2012 SSIS running in Visual Studio 2010. I needed...
2011-10-13
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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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