Microsoft DreamSpark for Students
If you are a college or high school student, you can get a very valuable assortment of free software from...
2011-01-04
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Blog Posts
MockingJay – a review
After a long wait, I have finally read the final installment in the “Hunger Games” trilogy. I read the other...
2011-01-04
580 reads
MockingJay – a review
After a long wait, I have finally read the final installment in the “Hunger Games” trilogy. I read the other two books earlier in the year in 2010 and...
2011-01-04
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My 2010 Year in Review
While in Cincinnati for the first time since September of 2007, I heard on several occasions that I work too...
2011-01-04
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My 2011 Aspirations
Yesterday, I posted a blog about my year in review for 2010. So, I thought that it would be a...
2011-01-04
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PASS SQLRally Update–Voting Pushed Back
In our original plan for PASS SQLRally we had set this week as the week to start voting for sessions. Unfortunately we are having to push back the voting...
2011-01-04
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PASS SQLRally Update–Voting Pushed Back
In our original plan for PASS SQLRally we had set this week as the week to start voting for sessions. ...
2011-01-04
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Schedule Posted for SQLSaturday #62 in Tampa
The schedule is posted for SQLSaturday #62 coming to Tampa on January 15, 2011. I don’t have a presentation on...
2011-01-04
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SQLRally Session Voting Schedule Change
Jack Corbett posted the official announcement to his blog - I'm posting here as well to make sure we reach as...
2011-01-04
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SSMS addin (and wrapper)
So I mentioned I'd been working on an SSMS addin. What I didn't mention was that I've also been working...
2011-01-04
1,407 reads
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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