Testing Decisions
One of the things I like to do is take some time on decisions that matter to me. That’s a...
2011-09-02
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Blog Posts
Variables and Expressions with Connections in SSIS
Variables and expressions help make any SSIS package dynamic and flexible. It is always a best practice to use variables...
2011-09-02
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Geekbench 2.2 Released
Primate Labs has released Geekbench 2.2.0, which is a free upgrade for Geekbench 2.1.x users. The release notes are here.
Here...
2011-09-01
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It is not a blame game.
Here is a hypothetical situation. A dba works for ACME Corp. Due to what ever reason a change has to...
2011-09-01
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Job Exit Planning Strategy
I feel somehow sad today (Aug 31, 2011) to see one of my colleagues “laid-off”. I put quotation mark around...
2011-09-01
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September Question: Tell us about your DBA interview experiences: good and bad.
I have only interviewed for a handful DBA jobs over the years, but they have ranged all the way from...
2011-09-01
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SQL Server Backups – When is it current?
I saw a post recently where someone was asking about the restore sequence for a series of backups. The scenario...
2011-09-01
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Why you should blog more
I was trying to write an article for a long time. Every time I start writing one, I would put...
2011-09-01
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Windows 7
The other day I logged on to my backup laptop (Win 7 N 64 Bit) and had this nice little...
2011-09-01
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Windows 7
The other day I logged on to my backup laptop (Win 7 N 64 Bit) and had this nice little warning and error message to greet me. My activation...
2011-09-01
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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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