Cleaning up excess contiguous spaces in strings. A mystery.

/* Have you ever come across the problem where you have to remove spaces from a string that has too many?...

Dear Users…Sincerely, Your IT Guys

Dear Users,
We, the tech people, understand that you just want technology to work so you can get your jobs done. ...

Geekbench 2.1.7 Released

If you read my blog or follow me on Twitter, you know that I have a strong interest in database...

No Guarantees

The keynote for SQL Saturday #52 in Denver, that didn’t go as smoothly as I’d like due to technical difficulties,...

PASS Summit Schedule

Earlier this week, PASS opened up the Schedule Builder for the those that are registered for the PASS Summit.  You...

Revisiting The West Wing

Sometimes spending some time with your spouse watching TV is right up there with comfort food, the challenge is often...

SQL Saturday 52 Recap

I spent this past weekend traveling to and attending SQL Saturday Colorado in the outskirts of Denver.  This was the...

SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 2 Released

Some of my clients and I have been waiting on this for a little while – SQL Server 2008 Service Pack...

Stupid Tech Support Tales

One of our desktop support technicians noticed the following error from a 3rd party vendor application in an error log:

"9/22/2010...

When the Bloc Québécois is a Nuisance for Quebeckers’ Interests: The Top 20 Countdown

 The below is a republished version that has been released officially on the Canadian Federal Liberal Party's web site.  Finally...