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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Blog Posts
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
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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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An Informal Compendium of SSAS Errors, Part 3: Unresolved Errors
This is the second in a series of posts on some SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) errors for which there...
2011-10-02
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Dataset with Text or Stored Procedure
As most of you already know, Reporting Services reports make use of Datasets to get data. These Datasets can get...
2011-10-02
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Blogs
Why I stopped using MCP for AI coding stuff
By HeyMo0sh
Something has shifted quietly in 2026. The developers I know/respect—the ones actually shipping, not...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 5: Notebooks, Hugging face models and Fine Tuning
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 4 where we learned Encoder, Decoder, and Attention Mechanism, today we...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
Forums
Dynamic Unpivot
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
Writing as an Art and a Job
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String Similarity II
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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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