SolidQ Journal September Edition
The 13th edition of The SolidQ Journal has just been released with several insightful articles and continued series updates. In...
2011-09-26
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Blog Posts
SQL 2008 R2 Administration Cook Book
Couple of week back I have received a special gift, from the person whom I admire as a elder bro...
2011-09-26
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SQL Server – Creating and using Dump Devices for Backups
A dump device is simply a logical device which redirects to a specified physical device. The main advantage of using...
2011-09-26
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SQL Server MVP Deep Dives 2 Released
Exciting news… The second edition of the SQL Server MVP Deep Dives book has been completed and is going to...
2011-09-26
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SQL University SSIS : Named Pipes -- Fundamentals
There comes a time when you look at how something is being done and say, "Does it have to be...
2011-09-26
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SSIS Lookup Cache Connection Manager with Excel
The lookup transform in SSIS 2008 gives you the ability to join data and eliminate non matching rows. One of...
2011-09-26
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What is a Microsoft Regional Director?
First off, they don’t work for Microsoft. A Microsoft Regional Director (RD) is an unbiased third-party evangelist of Microsoft products and...
2011-09-26
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Download all SQL Server DENALI CTP3 Demo VHD 36 files at once
Microsoft has made available for download the SQL Server DENALI CTP3 Demo VHD several weeks ago at http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27253. The SQL...
2011-09-25
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SQL Saturday #85 Orlando 2011 Presentation
Presentation and scripts from my Storing Powershell Output session at SQL Saturday #85 Orlando 2011:
2011-09-24
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SQL Server MVP Deep Dives, Volume 2 Available at PASS 2011 Summit
Volume 2 of the SQL Server MVP Deep Dives book is now available for pre-order from Amazon and from Manning....
2011-09-24
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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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