T-SQL Tuesday (er, Wednesday): Crap Code
Ok, I have two admissions that I must bare to the world in this post. The first is that I’ve...
2011-08-10
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Blog Posts
TSQL Tuesday 21 – FAIL FAIL FAIL
It is TSQL Tuesda… err Wedn… err Tuesday for August 2011. This month the party is a day later and...
2011-08-10
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TSQL Tuesday 21 – FAIL FAIL FAIL
It is TSQL Tuesda… err Wedn… err Tuesday for August 2011. This month the party is a day later and bringing us oodles of failure. Adam Machanic is hosting...
2011-08-10
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T-SQL Tuesday/Wednesday #21: A Crappy Workaround
A long time ago (in IT terms) in a galaxy far, far away I was helping an organization with a...
2011-08-10
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Two Types of Tail Log Backups
In a recent thread I noted that a tail log backup is essentially a regular log backup, but made with...
2011-08-10
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What It Means To Me To Be A Volunteer
Hi my name is Wes, and I am a volunteer
I am not unique. There are others like me, who give...
2011-08-10
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All about Execution Plans
Coming to the PASS Summit in October this year? Excellent!
I say excellent, because Grant (blog|twitter) and I are presenting a...
2011-08-09
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FK Hierarchy v 2.1
Last month I published an update to my Foreign Key Hierarchy script. Today, I am providing a new update for...
2011-08-09
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FK Hierarchy v 2.1
Last month I published an update to my Foreign Key Hierarchy script. Today, I am providing a new update for that script. A friend (Rémi Grégoire) helped out with...
2011-08-09
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Functionality and User Experience are important, too
There are a few posts and articles around the security-scape lately concluding Windows 7 is more secure than OS X,...
2011-08-09
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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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