PASS Elections
There are a lot of things I’d like to say about the PASS elections. I was on vacation last week...
2010-08-23
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Blog Posts
Security Panics
I went to host the Red Gate SQL Source Control webinar recently and had a snag. I downloaded the GoToWebinar...
2010-08-23
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SQL Saturday #28 - Lessons Learned
After spending a week in Tampa, FL at a client site I've had some time to unwind and reflect back...
2010-08-23
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SQL Server Trivia
Think you know SQL Server past and present? Here are the next-to-impossible questions I asked at the SQLSaturday #51 Stump...
2010-08-23
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SSIS: Conditional File Processing in a ForEach Loop
I’ve fielded a number of requests recently asking how to interrogate a file within SSIS and change the processing rules...
2010-08-23
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SQL Saturday 51 Presentation - Fortress SQL Server
Thanks to everyone who attended my presentation at SQL Saturday #51 - Nashville. I apologize for going long and not getting...
2010-08-22
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The application platform for the “Unlimited information” era
“The information age is an idea that the current era will be characterized by the ability of individuals to transfer information freely, and to have instant access to knowledge...
2010-08-22
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The application platform for the “Unlimited information” era
“The information age is an idea that the current era will be characterized by the ability of...
2010-08-22
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SQL Saturday 28 Baton Rouge - Recap
Last weekend I went to Baton Rouge (by way of New Orleans) to attend and speak at the second annual...
2010-08-21
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DBA Tracy Hamlin Wins the 2010 Exceptional DBA of the Year Award
Tracy Hamlin (Twitter) has been voted as the 2010 Exceptional DBA of the Year by the SQL Server community. The...
2010-08-20
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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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