The Importance Of Managing Expectations
Have you ever taken a sip of sweet tea only to discover that it was soda instead? Eeww! What an eye-opening experience! Don’t misunderstand; I like soda. But when...
2011-02-18
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Blog Posts
The Importance Of Managing Expectations
Have you ever taken a sip of sweet tea only to discover that it was soda instead? Eeww! What an...
2011-02-18
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What Should PASS Be? I Challenge You
PASS isn’t what it should be. I hear that a lot, and in many ways I agree with you. We’re...
2011-02-18
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DenverSQL UG Meeting: Tim Mitchell presents Dirty Data? Clean it up!
Denver SQL Server User Group - Thursday, February 17, 2011
Main Presentation
"Dirty Data? Clean It Up! By Tim Mitchell"Dirty Data? Clean It...
2011-02-17
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How to Interpret SELECT @@VERSION in SQL Server
One common point of confusion that I often see when people run the SELECT @@VERSION query is how to properly...
2011-02-17
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SQL Rally
I believe I’ve been far too quiet about this event.
In May, in Orlando Florida, there will be a two...
2011-02-17
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SQLServerPedia Blogger Awards
Several moons ago I learned that I had won one of the categories for the 2010 SQLServerpedia Blogger Awards. You can read about that here. Of all of the...
2011-02-17
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SQLServerPedia Blogger Awards
Several moons ago I learned that I had won one of the categories for the 2010 SQLServerpedia Blogger Awards. You...
2011-02-17
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VSone session material
As I have announced in both of my sessions at the VSone conference in Munich, you
can find the session material...
2011-02-17
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Who Is This Super Hero?
We recently switched from Brighthouse to DirectTV and of the first things we did was to find the kids channels...
2011-02-17
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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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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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