BI’s pretty boy goes down!
It?s never easy to beat up on a friend. Sometimes they have it coming though!.
The Webinar smackdown is over....
2011-10-03
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Blog Posts
It's NOT too late Win an iPad2 - Share you SQL Story!
Happy October!
Last month I announced a cool new SQL challenge to simply share your SQL Server Performance story with us,...
2011-10-03
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Networking
No, I’m not talking about hubs and switches. I’m talking about people. Networking is a major component of an event...
2011-10-03
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October Monthly SQL Server Checklist
It’s the first Monday of the October and it’s time to do a monthly checkup. If you are like me,...
2011-10-03
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SQL Authentication – Forcing Password Changes
When you create a SQL Server login (with SQL authentication), you have the option of enforcing password policies from Windows...
2011-10-03
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SQL Bits 9
SQL Bits was great
It’s been two years or more that I’ve been invited to SQL Bits. Not by email, but...
2011-10-03
1,266 reads
SQL Server – Marking a stored procedure as system object
Marking a stored procedure as system object allows to run the procedure in a user database context. There are two...
2011-10-03
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SQL Server Database SUSPECT state
According to BOL , a database in SUSPECT state is : “At least the primary filegroup is suspect and may be damaged....
2011-10-03
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Using Configuration Tables in SSIS 2008/2005
SSIS packages are great ETL tools and can do just about anything you need in terms of ETL. Most organizations...
2011-10-03
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Want to browse the web faster?
In our day-to-day activities, browsing the web is one of the most important aspects of our job. Whether researching for...
2011-10-03
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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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