Restarting SQL Server using a Batch Script
In a previous post, I showed you how one could Restart, Stop and Start the services for an instance of...
2010-08-29
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Blog Posts
Restarting SQL Server using the GUI
Sometimes you may need to restart your instance of SQL Server. You should rarely do this on Production boxes, but...
2010-08-29
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Jax Code Camp - My Presentation and Projects
First and foremost, I want to thank everyone who attended my presentation today. It got off to a late start due...
2010-08-28
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Microsoft Offers New Certification Exam Discount
If you are intending to take any Microsoft Certification tests soon, you are in luck, because Microsoft has recently introduced...
2010-08-28
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Connectify
It’s a wired world. You’d think by this point, most major hotels, at least those costing upwards of $100/night, would...
2010-08-27
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Free SQL Server Training for the Week of August 30, 2010
The only scheduled event among the sources I have listed is the one for SQL Lunch, so it looks to...
2010-08-27
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Furniture Grade PVC – What Will You Make?
Ran across this in my weekly browsing, Formufit sells furniture grade PVC. I think I’m not quite clear on the...
2010-08-27
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Kent SqlServer UserGroup
I am now in the process of arranging the 2nd meeting of the kent sqlserver user group. This will be...
2010-08-27
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MDX Puzzle #6 - Solution
Puzzle #6 should not have presented too much of a challenge, it's intentions were to introduction you to the ORDER...
2010-08-27
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Presenting at Jacksonville Code Camp
I’m leaving later today for the not too bad drive to Jacksonville for the sixth annual Code Camp. I’ve got...
2010-08-27
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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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