How to setup CMS
If you need to setup a Central Management Server or just want to check it out, then here is how...
2011-08-09
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Blog Posts
PASS Update #61
Just a few quick updates.
First, on the SQLSaturday site we’ll be shortly rolling out an updated logo and layout for...
2011-08-09
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Server Side Paging with new OFFSET feature in SQL Server Denali
Ever since I was a web developer back in the days, server side paging has been an issues. Back then...
2011-08-09
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SQL MCM Training – Day 1
Today was my first day of SQL MCM training here in Bellevue. We started at 08:30am
and now (05:30pm) Kimberly is...
2011-08-09
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Data Warehousing with SSIS
As a DBA why would I consider attending a pre-con by John Welch at SQL Saturday 89 titled Data Warehousing with...
2011-08-08
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Download free SSMS Add-In to create custom folders for database objects
I’ve just finished promised SSMS add-in which enables creating of custom folders directly in SSMS Object Explorer. Idea for add-in...
2011-08-08
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Droid Apps
A friend of mine recently got his first smart phone, an Android. My wife has also recently moved into the...
2011-08-08
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Excel Services in SharePoint 2010 Webinar
Tomorrow I will be presenting a webinar at 11 AM eastern time for the Pragmatic Works Training on the T’s. ...
2011-08-08
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If You Aren’t Measuring It, You Can’t Manage It
It sounds simple and logical doesn’t it. One could say it is common sense right? How many of us are...
2011-08-08
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Money, Transparency, and Community Events
I’m going to ramble today. This is a complex topic and I think you’ll see by the end that I...
2011-08-08
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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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