SSC Editorial – What Superhero Would You Be?
This was written for something fun on a Friday, but it’s still interesting for coffee talk anytime – what superhero would...
2010-08-27
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Blog Posts
A Really Simple Data Dictionary
Last month I sat down with Blain Barton and TechNet Edge in an interview (Blain Barton Interviews Raymond James Chad...
2010-08-26
733 reads
Default to Yes
There are a lot of times when the decision matters less than who makes it. A common if simplified example...
2010-08-26
1,025 reads
Entering the Dark Side
If any of you follow me on SQLServerCentral.com, then you know I recently started a new job. Well, after two...
2010-08-26
1,693 reads
Generate Insert Query in SQL
Sometimes we need to generate the INSERT script in sql server. When, we need to insert bulk of data from...
2010-08-26
3,247 reads
Mission Accomplished – Well sort of …
Did you ever set a goal and then sort of … demolish it without realizing it? That has happened this year....
2010-08-26
341 reads
N Things Worth Knowing About CTEs
If you haven’t messed with them yet, you should know that CTEs (Common Table Expressions) - new in SQL Server 2005...
2010-08-26
1,292 reads
SQL Saturday #28 - Keynote
I was honored to be asked to do the keynote for SQL Saturday #28 in Baton Rouge recently. It’s taken...
2010-08-26
868 reads
SQL Saturday #28 - Slides and Impressions
I’m late, I suck, but here’s some things I started in Baton Rouge and am just now getting out.
First, I’ll...
2010-08-26
952 reads
Book Review: The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Engimatic Agency
I picked up The Secret Service: The Hidden History of an Engimatic Agency $13 @ Amazon) from the library, had been...
2010-08-25
642 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')
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