SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 RTM Released
Last Friday afternoon (December 17, 2010), Microsoft released the final RTM build of Service Pack 4 (SP4) for SQL Server...
2010-12-20
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Blog Posts
SSWUG Free SSIS Expo
Stinking Feet?
Want to learn some stuff about SSIS? Want to do it from the couch and not have to get...
2010-12-20
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The iPad/SQL Monitor Results
I ended up with 131 posts (1 late hit, sorry), not counting any duplicates with Brent or Steve. It was...
2010-12-20
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Turn Off AutoShrink!
This is kind of a follow up to a post I published last week regarding autogrowth. A forum poster said...
2010-12-20
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Would You Like To Play A Game?
Do you have a favorite line from a holiday movie? Can you change it around slightly to make it SQL...
2010-12-20
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SQL Server Storage Internals Part 3 - Architecture of Heaps
In this article I have explained below topics
1. key points on HEAP tables.
2. What happens when a table is created.
3. How to list...
2010-12-19
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Grant permission to the profile
The Profiler is a powerful tool available to the dba, but it can also be very useful for system developers....
2010-12-18
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Just in time for Christmas – SQL Server 2005 SP4
Just in time for Christmas, Microsoft releases SQL Server 2005 SP4.
Many were wondering if they would meet their intended...
2010-12-18
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Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!
I don’t usually post on my blog on the weekend, but this weekend, the weekend before a Christmas is a...
2010-12-18
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Pragmatic Works Seeking Employment Candidates
If you’re anything like me, you enjoy constantly striving to new levels of knowledge. This new level of knowledge brings...
2010-12-18
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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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