SnapManager Epic Fail – oh dear!
An ex colleague and good friend of mine has recently been having trouble with Snapmanager for SQL, anyone had similar...
2011-04-07
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday #70
This blog is long overdue about my journey to Columbia SC for SQL Saturday #70. I was very fortunate to...
2011-04-07
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A SQL Server Hardware Nugget A Day – Day 6
For Day 6 of this series, I am going to talk about a few useful tools you can use to...
2011-04-06
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Getting More Hardware Information from SQL Server Denali DMV Queries
As I recently discussed, I often hear from database professionals who are not allowed to access their database servers directly....
2011-04-06
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Microsoft Migration Assistant v5.0 Released
As I was surfing around twitter after the marathon TV event that was the Royal Wedding came to end last...
2011-04-06
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Posting Code? Trust, But Verify
Here's a tip for bloggers (or anyone else) who use third party tools to convert T-SQL code into a publishing ...
2011-04-06
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Powershell Day 6
Day 6 Functions and error handling As everyone aware of what is function, so no need to give therotical infomration...
2011-04-06
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Should a DBA be involved in the physical set up of a Database server? Part 2
Part 1 of this blog talked about the bad experience we had with a badly configured SQL Server. The second...
2011-04-06
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SQL Injection: It's not just about your data
On the topic of my SQL Connections SQL Server presentation, one of the things I pointed out about recent SQL...
2011-04-06
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SQL PASS ERC: How to Score the Interview?
One of the topics the Election Review Committee has discussed is how best to score the interview portion. Because of...
2011-04-06
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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