Office Work
I have been working at home for over 8 years, sharing an office with my wife for most of that...
2011-07-14
1,733 reads
Blog Posts
Profiled on SQLPeople
I’m late posting it, but I was featured on SQLPeople for June 27th. It’s a project Andy Leonard has going...
2011-07-14
527 reads
SELECT INTO and IDENTITY (or, BOL is Sorta Wrong)
I am easily distracted. Lucky for all of us, I tend to be distracted by cool tidbits in SQL Server...
2011-07-14
970 reads
Send SSRS subscription files to (Secured FTP) SFTP
We have set up subscription for customer which used to send mails to the customers periodically. Recently one of the...
2011-07-14
3,898 reads
SQL Saturday 89 Pre-Con
Why am I attending Kevin Kline’s pre-con on “Troubleshooting & Performance Tuning Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2” at SQL Saturday #89...
2011-07-14
612 reads
SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Released
Microsoft has released the final build of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1. It includes fixes from SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Updates 1 through...
2011-07-14
1,352 reads
Backup and Restore SharePoint 2010 Site Collection with PowerShell
One of the most annoying processes with SharePoint is backing up a site collection. There is a build in tool...
2011-07-13
1,878 reads
Bad Admins: Attacking via Group Membership
This is a series of blog posts about how administrators can gain access to SQL Server, even if you try...
2011-07-13
1,873 reads
BI Documenter: Impact Analysis and Object Lineage
Are you considering making a change to your view or stored procedure? Or possibly you are considering moving your database...
2011-07-13
2,679 reads
Denali on TechNet Radio
A quick plug for my friend Blain Barton from Microsoft, he’s got a series of three broadcasts that are video,...
2011-07-13
737 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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