The 2010 SQLServerCentral Party
A quick look at the SQLServerCentral party at the 2010 PASS Summit, thanks to SQLChicken. It’s on UStream
Not great quality,...
2010-11-17
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Blog Posts
Un-SQL Friday 001: Branding
In the spirit of T-SQL Tuesday, I hereby declare this Friday Un-SQL Friday. While T-SQL Tuesday is “…the SQL Server...
2010-11-17
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Another Plagiarizer
I received a note today about someone else that is plagiarizing content from SQLServerCentral. It’s a blog on Windows Live...
2010-11-16
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Backup log Truncate_Only in SQL Server 2008
BACKUP LOG <db_name> WITH truncate_only command, used for clearing the log file, is deprecated in SQL Server 2008. So this post will explain option...
2010-11-16
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Can't Hit the Remote Registry through the Virtual Name
This is a problem we just solved, which was causing us to not be able to hit the remote registry...
2010-11-16
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Dynamically Backing Up All User Databases in SQL Server
I recently had a request from a client to come up with a routine to do a full compressed database...
2010-11-16
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Handy Hardware Assessment Tools For SQL Server
Here is a small selection of useful tools for getting some specific hardware information from any Windows based system you...
2010-11-16
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How Often Do You Backup Your Transaction Logs?
Whenever I speak about database maintenance, I always recommend that DBAs backup up their production database transaction logs at least...
2010-11-16
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My SQL PASS Summit Adventures part 1
I started my PASS Summit a little early this year. I arrived in Seattle on Friday night, November 5th, around...
2010-11-16
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My Weekend Just Got Busy
I’m traveling to New York City on Friday for SQL Saturday #59 and returning Sunday morning. As soon as I...
2010-11-16
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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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