Book Review: Titan The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
I read Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. ($13 @ Amazon) as one of the books recommended to me...
2010-03-26
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Blog Posts
Certification
There seems to be quite a flurry of talk these days about certification. There is evidence of it in the...
2010-03-26
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Cross Apply Ambiguity
Cross apply (and outer apply) are a very welcome addition to the TSQL language. However, today after a few hours...
2010-03-26
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Indexed Views
Views are used quite often within SQL Server for a number of reasons. They can be used to restrict access...
2010-03-26
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Learning About Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server
Among the Microsoft certifications, the Microsoft Certified Master is the apex of all of them except maybe the Microsoft Certified...
2010-03-26
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Simple Series : SSIS Conditional Split
Conditional Split is a very powerful component, enabling you to send records in different directions or exclude them from the downstream...
2010-03-26
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SQL Saturday - Columbia
I've talked about trying to do a SQL Saturday event in Columbia, SC, for the last couple of years, ever...
2010-03-26
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SQL Saturday #29 Presentations & Twittering
Tomorrow, I’m presenting a couple of sessions at SQLSaturday #29 in Birmingham, Alabama. Here are the presentation materials I’ll use.
SQL...
2010-03-26
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A Fan and a Friend
I went to the UK SQL Server User Group in Cambridge on Wednesday. I’m not sure it’s the Cambridge group...
2010-03-25
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Goodbye Live Spaces, Hello WordPress
After blogging on Live Spaces for a 517 days, I’ve made the difficult decision to move to my own domain...
2010-03-25
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Blogs
Monday Monitor Tips: The MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, and pressing on...
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
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Removing production permissions when restoring database to non-prod
Hello experts, An application team has asked us to modify a SQL Agent job....
Advanced T-SQL: Replacing Slow Cursors with Window Functions
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Finding Bad Queries
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