What's New In Denali for SSRS
I was so excited when I found out that Denali was released last week. Like it was Christmas time, I...
2010-11-16
473 reads
Blog Posts
Career Advice – Play Your Own Game
I get asked this question fairly often. How do I find time to write so much, work on SQL Server,...
2010-11-15
998 reads
David Dewitt at the PASS Summit
The PASS Summit is complete and we got what we asked for from David Dewitt. He spoke on the third...
2010-11-15
2,091 reads
Get Drive Space Including Mount Points
Today’s post is a quick one that came out of a conversation on Twitter. To make a long story short,...
2010-11-15
2,840 reads
Help Set Recommendations for SSAS Counters in PAL
First, if you haven’t tried PAL yet, I highly recommend downloading it from CodePlex and giving it a try. You...
2010-11-15
888 reads
Inspiration, and the Joy of the Hive Mind
PASS Summit 2010 is over, and we are suffering from the lack of chatter and SQL celebrity sightings. Bloggers are...
2010-11-15
583 reads
It's an Opportunity! Not an Obstacle!
Write this down… No really… Write it, print it, send it to all of your friends and loved ones. J...
2010-11-15
378 reads
My Conversation with Ted Kummert at the PASS 2010 Summit
For some mysterious reason, I was selected as one of the “official” bloggers/tweeters during the PASS Keynotes last week. This...
2010-11-15
604 reads
New Path to MCM in SQL Server 2008
Last week, during the first day of the PASS 2010 Summit, Microsoft’s Joe Sack announced the revamped testing program for...
2010-11-15
1,302 reads
PASS Report 1: Why you should have been there!
PASS Summit 2010 is now history. This is my eighth summit but the first one since leaving the DBA world...
2010-11-15
1,557 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')
Assume preview features are enabled. See possible answers