SQLSaturday#59 NYC Kickoff....
Well, as many of you in this space may already know that SQLSaturday#59 in @MS HQ in NYC, on November...
2010-09-10
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Blog Posts
2010-09-10
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Connection String Settings: Timeouts and Pooling
If you are having SQL Server Database connection issues, I reckon they could be due to one of two connection...
2010-09-09
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Free Webinar: Turn Your Backups Into Live Databases with SQL Virtual Restore
Steve Jones, SQL Server MVP and editor of SQLServerCentral.com, will be hosting a free webinar with Jeff Aven, the head...
2010-09-09
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More On Overlapping Statistics
In my last post I provided a script to identify overlapping statistics but realized afterwards that I left out a...
2010-09-09
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PASS SQLRally – Session/Speaker Selection
Hopefully by now you’ve heard about the PASS SQLRally event that will be held in Orlando, May 11-13. Andy Warren,...
2010-09-09
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Retiree Association Firmly Onboard with My Repetitive Criticism of Quebec’s Deposit and Investment Fund: Mille fois Bravo l’AQRP ! :)
Just a bit of follow up here, to start closing the loop, regarding my multiple written outbursts regarding the institutionalised...
2010-09-09
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SQL Server - Dedicated Administrator Connection (DAC)
This a short post looking at the Dedicated Administrator Connection or DAC for short. In extreme circumstances, when there is...
2010-09-09
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SQLRally Meeting Minutes
The starting point for a good meeting is an agenda and minutes. It took us a bit to catch up,...
2010-09-09
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The Perfect SQL Server DBA / Developer Role
Whilst enjoying my coffee fix this morning, along with today’s SQL Server Central Email, my attention was caught by Steve...
2010-09-09
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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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