PASS Summit 2011 Day -2 (Monday), part 2
Today was a good day. I posted about the first part of today earlier, and we left off there with...
2011-10-11
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Blog Posts
PASS Summit Q&A RoundTable Discussion w/MVPs and Presenters...
Hello, SQL Community and PASS Summit attendees!
This is an exciting week for all of us! It's wheels down for so many in...
2011-10-11
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Remove All Foreign Keys
To clear test data from a database we could use truncate commands but sometimes we need to get rid of...
2011-10-11
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Useful queries #3: Get SQL Server Edition, Version, Build and Last Update date and time.
Keeping track of all the versions and editions SQL Server instances can be a daunting task if you don’t have...
2011-10-11
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Using Custom Code Functions in Reporting Services Reports
Reporting Services is one of those tools that just keeps on giving. I’ve been using SSRS since the early beta...
2011-10-11
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Call for Speakers–South Florida Code Camp 2012
The 2012 South Florida Code Camp is scheduled for February 11, 2012 at Nova University in Ft Lauderdale, and the...
2011-10-10
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MADPASS Follow-Up
A couple weeks back, I drove out to Madison to present at the MADPASS user group. These guys have a...
2011-10-10
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New and Improved DMVs in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1
With relatively little fanfare, Microsoft added a few new DMVs into the SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 release, which came...
2011-10-10
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PASS Summit 2011: Day One
After getting a little lost from the rail to the hotel, I finally got to sleep Sunday night after a...
2011-10-10
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PASS Summit Attendees: Remember to Network and Maintain
Previously, when I had attended conferences, I had used them to attend as many seminars or talks as I could...
2011-10-10
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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...
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Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
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SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
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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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