Defensive Db Programming Chapter 05
We are here again with after another week and ready for another episode in this series. Today we get to...
2010-08-24
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Blog Posts
Find Tables and Columns by Data Type
A couple weeks back someone asked me some questions about data types. Apparently, while implementing some financial data, each developer...
2010-08-24
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It's the Procedure...
After going through all the materials provided to the NomCom for the PASS Board of Directors, I think I can...
2010-08-24
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Replication Gotcha: Blank XML
Transactional replication in SQL Server 2005\2008 can handle the XML datatype just fine with few exceptions - one in particular being...
2010-08-24
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SFSSUG – Great Upcoming Speakers
Hey Folks,
We ahve some great speakers coming up at the SFSSUG in South Florida. Check out Devin Knight here talking...
2010-08-24
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Sp_whoAmI
I was doing a little catching up on some blog reading today and came across a new post from Adam...
2010-08-24
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Diagnostic Queries from SQL Saturday #51 Nashville
Here are the diagnostic queries that I ran during my presentation at SQL Saturday #51 in Nashville on August 21,...
2010-08-24
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SSSOLV: Twitter Compliant
This is just a short blast about the Las Vegas User Group called SSSOLV (Web | Twitter). I am not certain...
2010-08-24
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Twitter: The Next Best Thing To Being There
Why do DBAs want to go to PASS, TechEd, or SQLConnections? If asked, I suppose that many would point to...
2010-08-24
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Use ReadOnlyVariables and ReadWriteVariables properties in Scripts
For those of you just starting out with SQL Server Integration Services, you'll find a LOT of information out there...
2010-08-24
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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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