Wrapping Up 2010
Goal Setting
It’s time to wrap up the year. I don’t have a resolutions or goals post from last year to...
2010-12-28
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Blog Posts
A Collection of Good Information About Controlling VLFs in SQL Server
Because of the default settings in SQL Server (for the model database), and a lack of understanding about how the...
2010-12-27
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Happy Holidays
I hope everyone is enjoying the holidays. To everyone in the SQL Server community,
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Spend...
2010-12-27
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MCM Live Blog – Week December 27
Watching videos?! Su-ure!
Time for the third week of blogging about the things that I’m doing to study for the MCM...
2010-12-27
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Meet a New Blogger: Malathi Mahadevan
My friend Malathi (Mala) Mahadevan has chaired the Louisville PASS Chapter for the past couple years, and will be heading...
2010-12-27
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MVP Program
There is one thing that have been bothering me for quite some time. I thought I would blog about it....
2010-12-27
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Rebuilding my laptop
I finally got around to adding the new memory (16GB), removing the old 4GB and then replacing the DVD drive...
2010-12-27
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Script Drop all tables of a database
Hi people, following a script that deletes all tables in a database. Enjoy.
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @Tabela TABLE
( Seq INT,...
2010-12-27
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SQL Server Storage Internals Part 5 - Properties of Clustered and Non Clustered Index pages
In this article, I thought of explaining different types and levels of index pages. but while start preparing for that, I realise...
2010-12-27
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The MCM Journey
I’m not really planning on getting the MCM. Perhaps I’ll change my mind, but it’s not the time for me...
2010-12-27
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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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