PASS Summit 2009 – Overall Event
I thought that we got a great Summit from PASS in 2009. This week I’ll be looking back at some...
2009-11-10
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Blog Posts
SQL Connections
I’m flying off to the SQL Server Magazine Connections part of DevConnections in Las Vegas later this afternoon. I’m presenting...
2009-11-10
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SQL Server MVP Deep Dives Book Signing at PASS
The PASS Community Summit is one of the highlights of my professional year. It’s a time when members of the...
2009-11-10
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SQL Server Wish: Last Logon Information
The other day my wife and I were driving around and noticed that a Little Caesar's location had shown up...
2009-11-10
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Time Management Quotes
A short post today, ran across http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/03/08/66-best-quotes-on-time-management/ when I was looking for ideas for my Moo cards. Quotes are fun...
2009-11-10
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Closing Out PASS Summit 2009
I was up early again on Friday morning to have breakfast with Patrick Leblanc (SQLLunch man), and then off to...
2009-11-09
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Looking Back - PASS Summit 2009 Day 1
I intended to blog daily while at the PASS Summit last week. At least that's what I told myself I...
2009-11-09
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More Thoughts on Stress
I’m trying to pay more attention to things that cause me stress and how I deal with the stress. It’s...
2009-11-09
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New Job with Pragmatic Works
Well if you attended PASS, you already know that I am changing jobs. I recently accepted a position with Pragmatic...
2009-11-09
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Notes from the PASS Summit 2009 Trip
A few random thoughts:
I think many people did ok at the airport connecting for ride share via Twitter. By next...
2009-11-09
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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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optimism Without Illusion or Why...
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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