February 2011 JSSUG Meeting Tomorrow
Tomorrow, I will be presenting at the Jacksonville SQL Server Users Group (JSSUG) meeting. Please join me for my talk...
2011-02-16
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Blog Posts
How To: Load Dimension Tables with Integration Services - Introduction
When I first started down the business intelligence and data warehousing road, I needed to learn the foundations of dimensional...
2011-02-16
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Introducing Kalen Delaney’s SQL Server Stairways Tutorial Series
In case you haven’t noticed, there is a new link on SQLServerCentral.com for a new series of tutorial articles called...
2011-02-16
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PASS Summit Volunteers Needed
Well, we are coming around into a new year. With this new year there is once again PASS Summit preparations that are well under way. Time has come again...
2011-02-16
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PASS Summit Volunteers Needed
Well, we are coming around into a new year. With this new year there is once again PASS Summit preparations...
2011-02-16
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SQL Rally Performance Tuning SSAS Session
Last week the final sessions for SQL Rally were announced, and I was very excited to find out my Performance Tuning...
2011-02-16
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Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Released and Installed
Microsoft has made Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (and Windows 7 SP1) available on MSDN and TechNet earlier...
2011-02-16
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Are int joins faster than string joins?
This one comes up a lot on the forums, often as advice given…
“You should use integers for the key rather...
2011-02-15
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Book Review: The Lazy Project Manager
“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.” Some attribute the axiom to Frank Lloyd Wright but others are adamant that he’s not the origin of it. Whoever said it had...
2011-02-15
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Book Review: The Lazy Project Manager
“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.” Some attribute the axiom to Frank Lloyd Wright but others are adamant that...
2011-02-15
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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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