SQL Saturday Advice - Keynotes
Continuing on with my Thursday series of SQL Saturday posts, this time I wanted to talk about keynotes.
I’ve been to...
2010-08-05
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Blog Posts
SQL Server Locking & Blocking At DevLink 2010
Wow! Thanks to everyone who came to my SQL Server Locking & Blocking session at devLINK this morning! I’m completely humbled...
2010-08-05
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SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando Update
Planning is going forward for SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando and the event is coming together well. My main task is sponsors...
2010-08-05
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The Gotcha’s of Gotcha’s
Have you ever tried to create a dataset in SSRS 2008 (based upon an OLAP cube) and ran into that...
2010-08-05
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The SQL Rally Logo Vote
I like way that the SQL Rally is being run. Having the community interact with the organizers and try to...
2010-08-05
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August S3OLV UG Meeting
It is nearly UG meeting time once again. The S3OLV UG will be meeting Thursday August 12 at 6:00. Come...
2010-08-04
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Does Column Order Matter in SQL Server
The short answer is it doesn’t. I guess that’s the long answer as well.
A few people have posted questions...
2010-08-04
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How to Attend a Tech Conference
I’m absolutely positive that I’m not the first to blog on this topic, but I haven’t seen anyone else say...
2010-08-04
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More Notes from SQLSaturday #40
In addition to being at at #40 as an attendee, I also had Don Gabor there to take a look...
2010-08-04
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Motivational Monday – 8/16/10
In life, many times we get confused by symbols or indicators that we make assumptions about. You know what they...
2010-08-04
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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
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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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