A Friend of Red Gate No More
Don’t get me wrong. It’s been great. The beta tests. The advanced notices. The opportunity for feedback. It’s been a...
2011-01-21
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Blog Posts
Blog Sins
Thoughts come together, and the hybridization of your thoughts give rise to new ideas. Here are the thoughts:
I have this...
2011-01-21
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Deprecation, Trace and Execution Plans
As I’m sure you know, Microsoft occasionally changes it’s mind. Or, it makes bad decisions and then rectifies them. Or,...
2011-01-21
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Disk Partition Alignment–MCM Prep
Does disk partition alignment matter to SQL Server? Without a doubt. When new disk partitions are created, there could be...
2011-01-21
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Free SQL Server Training for the week of January 24, 2011
We're finally getting a handle on things with the new baby. 🙂 As a result, I've started this weekly accumulation of...
2011-01-21
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PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 6
Yesterday we went over some loop constructs to get information out of SQL Server. While getting the information out is great, as Data Professionals our very next concern is...
2011-01-21
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PowerShell Week at SQL University – Post 6
Yesterday we went over some loop constructs to get information out of SQL Server. While getting the information out is...
2011-01-21
1,464 reads
Read from the Right End of the Index: BACKWARD Scans
Optimizing queries is the most fun when you don’t need to add indexes. There’s nothing quite so nice as finding...
2011-01-21
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #66 in Colorado Springs on February 12
I recently found out that I will be one of the speakers at SQLSaturday #66 on February 12 in Colorado...
2011-01-21
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SQL Saturday Tampa Follow Up
This past weekend, I had a talk on SQL Server Reporting Services down in Tampa Florida for SQL Saturday 62....
2011-01-21
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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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