SSC Editorial: Back in Time 100 Years
I wrote the editorial asking what people would have been if they had been born 100 years earlier. It’s a...
2010-11-09
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Blog Posts
White Paper of Supportability Roadmaps
Last week, a new white paper was released that discusses supportability roadmaps for ISVs. The white paper is Testing and...
2010-11-09
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Windows 7 in GodMode
I recently became aware of a special hack in Windows 7. It is called GodMode and can very simply be...
2010-11-09
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Date Dimension Using Computed Columns
Picked up this nice script from a client last week. Use this script below to create a Date Dimension for...
2010-11-08
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Do You Need a Mentor?
When I was young, I never thought I did. I was sure that I knew what was best for my...
2010-11-08
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Getting Live with SFSSUG
Hey folks, I recently had the privilege of joining my hometown user group South Florida SQL Server User Group for...
2010-11-08
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SATA, SAS or Neither? SSD’s Get A Third Option
I recently wrote about solid state storage and its different form factor. Well, several major manufacturers have realized that solid...
2010-11-08
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So Spaced Out
I had some fun last week presenting to the Space Coast User Group in Melbourne as well. They were so...
2010-11-08
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Successful Teams: Knowing When to Step Out of Your Role
I've talked about the fact that everyone needs to contribute for the success of the team and that everyone should...
2010-11-08
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The Future Of PASS Elections
Am I stirring up a hornets nest or beating a dead horse bringing up a the PASS elections the day...
2010-11-08
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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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