FileSystemHelper Update and Release
About a year ago, I started playing around with CLR and my desire to disable xp_cmdshell for my clients. As...
2011-02-23
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Blog Posts
Fundamentals of Storage Systems, IO Latency and SQL Server
A Thousand Men Marching Still Only March As Fast As One Man.
la·ten·cy - Computers . the time required to locate the first bit or character in a storage location, expressed as access timeminus word time.
Often when talking to people...
2011-02-23
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How Can I Help You Go To SQLRally?
I bet by now you've heard of SQLRally, be it from the blogosphere, Twitter, the PASS Connector bi-weekly emails, word...
2011-02-23
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New SQL Server 2005 Cumulative Updates
Microsoft has released two new Cumulative Updates for SQL Server 2005. The first one is SQL Server 2005 SP3 CU14,...
2011-02-23
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PASS Election Review Committee: NomCom Process
Over on the ERC forums, Bill Graziano (blog | twitter) has posted the proposed NomCom selection process. We would really like...
2011-02-23
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PowerShell Script for Paul’s Survey: how is your tempdb configured?
Paul Randal (b | t) posted a survey how is your tempdb configured? Since I just happen to be at a...
2011-02-23
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SQLskills Immersion Event on Internals and Performance – Day 2
Overview
Day two of the SQLskills Immersion Event is over and I have listed the interesting parts below. The food, again,...
2011-02-23
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Who’s My Agent?
Alright, I’m not famous, even though I share the name of a famous Jazz pianist. So, obviously I am NOT...
2011-02-23
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You Can’t Disable the CLR in SQL Server – MCM Prep
At least not completely. There are some functions in SQL Server that are built on the SQL CLR, and even...
2011-02-23
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5 Things Every DBA Should NOT Do
Earlier in the month I shared with you 10 Things That Every DBA Should Do and so it only seems natural...
2011-02-22
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Searching for my own posts
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How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
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Escaping Strings
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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