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
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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
1,965 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
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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
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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
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...
Forums
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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