PASS Update #43
Last Friday saw the end of the 2010 PASS election and it was very nice to find out I had...
2010-09-20
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Blog Posts
Review: Choosing to Cheat
Cross-posted from The Goal Keeping DBA blog.
I first heard about this book at SQL Saturday #51 when I was talking...
2010-09-20
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Roadtrip! SQL Saturday #53 - Kansas City
After speaking this coming weekend in Denver at SQL Saturday #52, I’m heading to SQL Saturday #53 in Kansas City...
2010-09-20
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September PASSMN Meeting This Week
Enjoying the fall here in Minnesota? The leafs are changing a bit and temp has been dropping. Has that left...
2010-09-20
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Share Your Experiences at #SQLSAT58
Ever thought about sharing your experiences with SQL Server to more than just your immediate peers and colleagues? Up here...
2010-09-20
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SQL Saturday 46 (#sqlsat46) Recap
I was privileged to be able to attend and present at SQL Saturday 46 in Raleigh, NC, this last weekend....
2010-09-20
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SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando is Closing In
We are less than an month from SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando at Seminole State College – Sanford/Lake Mary campus on October 16th. ...
2010-09-20
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SQLSaturday Event Leaders – Reserve Your Date for H1 2011
We’ll try to push this out through multiple channels, we’re trying to forecast dates to give those thinking about events...
2010-09-20
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SSAS - Defining Attribute Relationships in 2005 and 2008
Attribute relationships inside of Analysis Services are a critical piece to the design of your dimensions.The benefits of creating attribute...
2010-09-20
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What Do You Think Just Happened To This Database Server?
This is a screenshot of Task Manager for a database instance that is part of a synchronous database mirroring partnership...
2010-09-20
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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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