Volunteering for PASS
I said I was going to do it last year, and I followed through. After submitting an application to volunteer,...
2010-03-15
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Blog Posts
Finding Date Ranges for Calculating Statistics
Finding Date Ranges for Calculating StatisticsI received the following question from a fellow DBA:
I need your input to derive the...
2010-03-14
1,703 reads
Setting Up a Server Side Trace
Recently I wrote a short post on the default trace in SQL Server. You can read that here. In this...
2010-03-14
14,745 reads
Twas the Night Before the MCM ...
T'was the Night Before the MCM ...
SQL Server MCM starts tomorrow. My wife thinks it's cute that I'm excited. The...
2010-03-14
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Document, Document, Document
A while back I blogged about using Checklists , but there's another task you want to incorporate into your workflow - documentation....
2010-03-13
1,202 reads
Another Presentation Down
This evening I had the opportunity to once again give a presentation at our local SQL Uses Group (SSSOLV). I...
2010-03-12
623 reads
Business needs vs dirty reads
I have worked in many industries, but most of my time has been in the publishing industry. For those not...
2010-03-12
289 reads
Don’t Be a Shock Jock
One of the dangers of being an “Internet Journalist” or even just a blogger, is that you might compromise who...
2010-03-12
1,011 reads
Great Turnout for The Montreal XV's First Practice - Rugby XV de Montréal Première pratique
The Montreal XV Rugby Club (rejuvinating the Rugby Football Club name from the 1920s) first practice was the other night at Collège Marie...
2010-03-12
796 reads
My Experience with a Virtual Assistant using TimeSvr
Predicting the future with bold certainty is not for the faint of heart. It’s a hard job. A few get...
2010-03-12
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Microsoft Security Changes and SQL...
Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
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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