SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 3 (CU3) Available
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 3 for SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM, which is Build 10.50.1734. I count 29 fixes...
2010-08-17
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Blog Posts
SQLSaturday #51 in Nashville
SQLSaturday is coming to Nashville this weekend, Saturday August 21st at 8:00am in the Student Services building of Nashville State...
2010-08-17
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Star Struck
Have you ever run into an error and been puzzled as to why that error occurred?
Recently I have been working...
2010-08-17
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August PASSMN Meeting This Week
It’s that time of the month and that time of the years. Time for another PASSMN meeting. Also, time for...
2010-08-16
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Automation: Granting Read Perms for Developers
Yeah, you heard me.
Do you like to read?
“But Kendra, why would we want to grant developers read permissions? And why...
2010-08-16
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Integration Services vNext Coming Soon?
That title may be a little premature - but I've recently seen a (relative) boatload of Connect submissions getting resolved, either...
2010-08-16
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Lock page memory
When you configure the memory and on your system if other applications are also present, in such cases specially for...
2010-08-16
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Nervous
According to the timeline (PDF), the PASS Nominating Committee is supposed to contact the applicants today or tomorrow and let...
2010-08-16
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S3OLV August Recap
The SQL Server Society of Las Vegas meeting has come and gone once again. This meeting is held typically on...
2010-08-16
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SQL Saturday on a Friday?!?
That’s right! PASSMN is breaking the mold and heading onto new ground. We are making our second annual Friday full-day...
2010-08-16
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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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