SQL Run was awesome
When Jes Borland suggested we do a group SQL Run in Seattle, I was thinking that we’d have a few...
2011-10-12
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Blog Posts
Analysis Services 2008 R2 Performance Guide
You must read this if you work with SSAS:
Analysis Services 2008 R2 Performance Guide
Infact, I would recommend re-reading it a number...
2011-10-11
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Dude, Where is my memory?
We all know that SQL Server loves memory, and in my opinion SQL Server can never have to much RAM....
2011-10-11
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First Day of Summit
My first day in Seattle has ended. My flight arrived around 12:30 and I was in good company with John...
2011-10-11
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Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Hardware
On Wednesday, October 12, at 10:15AM, I am going to get the pleasure of presenting my Hardware 301: Diving Deeper...
2011-10-11
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Learn to Help Yourself
I used to work with a guy who was adamant that before you asked him for help, you had done the...
2011-10-11
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Lyrics for “Hold On”
Since I put up the lyrics for “SQL and I Know It”, it only makes sense to continue the tradition...
2011-10-11
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MDS Error: MDMMemberStatus does not de-activate members through the StgMemberAttribute table
Master Data Services provides a way of de-activating entity members using the StgMemberAttribute table as described in Books On Line...
2011-10-11
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October 2011 LV UG Meeting
Boo! OK, so it really isn’t that scary. But it is that time of year and we happen to have something that could fix something that might be scary....
2011-10-11
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October 2011 LV UG Meeting
Boo!
OK, so it really isn’t that scary. But it is that time of year and we happen to have something...
2011-10-11
716 reads
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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