Micromanaging
Micromanaging is one of those words that evokes an instant negative image. Certainly there are times when it happens, but...
2011-08-15
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Blog Posts
Notes from SQLSaturday #79
This was the third SQLSaturday in South Florida and the third time I’ve attended, just too good an event to...
2011-08-15
726 reads
Send DBMail
With SQL Server 2005, Microsoft improved the methods available for DBAs to send email from SQL Server. The new method...
2011-08-15
1,319 reads
Send DBMail
With SQL Server 2005, Microsoft improved the methods available for DBAs to send email from SQL Server. The new method is called Database Mail. If you want to send...
2011-08-15
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SQLPeople INSPIRE NYC - Coming this FALL - November 12, 2011
Nature abhors a
vacuum. So, when I see so many SQL
Server happenings going on all over the country, and indeed the...
2011-08-15
1,835 reads
Using Checksum in SSIS for Delta Loads
The checksum function in SQL is a great way to compare two rows to see if the data matches. The...
2011-08-15
3,978 reads
Using SSIS lookup transformation editor with millions of rows
If you are using a SSIS lookup transformation editor and the reference dataset is large (millions of rows) and you...
2011-08-15
12,285 reads
When Do You Take a Full Backup?
This series of blog posts are related to my presentation, The Top Ten Skills You Need, which is scheduled for...
2011-08-15
776 reads
A second week at SQLskills – performance tuning
G’day,
Back in February, I was lucky enough to attend a week of training on SQL internals from the people at...
2011-08-14
1,163 reads
Change User Desktop Folder Path by Using PowerShell
We could change your desktop folder location by using the following powershell script. Actually we need to change values of...
2011-08-14
5,193 reads
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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