Adding a Column to Every Table
I am Script. I will update your database.
Despite the best laid plans, sometimes circumstances or project scope change and the...
2010-03-24
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Blog Posts
Avoiding Plagiarism
Having gone to an academic magnet school, I have quite a few friends who are teaching at the university level...
2010-03-24
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Creating SQL Server 2008 Databases with T-SQL
Imagine you need to create a database on a customer’s machine, but you don’t know how they have their file...
2010-03-24
1,397 reads
Getting Stubborn Chief Executive Officers to Listen: Speak Their Language
After consecrating several posts on workplace bullying, and hearing our great Steve Jones rant about Toshiba’s lack of action regarding...
2010-03-24
1,956 reads
Meeting Offsite and a Little Vacation
I’m heading to our “publishing summit” today at one of the Cambridge University buildings. I’m a part of the group...
2010-03-24
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PASS Update #27
I’m just back from the March 2010 Board meeting and it went better than usual (for any meeting). Most of...
2010-03-24
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SQL Server 2008 R2 - The list of the supported features
The MSDN - Microsoft, has collected too much info about features supported by the SQL Server 2008 R2, for all editions...
2010-03-24
1,234 reads
Why I Don’t Run for the PASS Board
It’s getting close to that time of year when you can apply to run for the PASS Board of Directors....
2010-03-24
1,648 reads
An Un-CATCHable Error?
I've been using the scripting tools in SSIS for some time, but I came across something today that I can't...
2010-03-23
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Critiquing Free Events
Yesterday I wrote about expectations at free events, basically saying they don’t differ a lot from paid events. The next...
2010-03-23
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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