The PowerBI Volleyball Report – Organizing Data To Start
One of my goals this year was to build a report that I can present to kids and parents showing the skills progression of their kids. I have attempted...
2021-08-02
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Blog Posts
Estimating Nonclustered Index Size in SQL Server (Powershell)
I recently encountered a requirement to estimate the size of (a lot of) nonclustered indexes on some very large tables due to not having a test box to create...
2021-08-01
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Goal Progress for July 2021
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2021. As I look at goal progress for 2021, I’m going...
2021-07-31
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Daily Coping 30 Jul 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-07-30
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Exporting Lists in SQL Multi Script
SQL Multi Script is a lesser known tool from Redgate Software that is designed to easily allow you to run scripts against many server instances with one click of...
2021-07-30 (first published: 2021-07-19)
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How to put a SQL Server Database into Recovery Pending
You might be asking why on earth would you want to get a database into an undesirable state, more specifically into a Recovery Pending state. Well, in my case,...
2021-07-30
8 reads
SQLSaturday Orlando 2021
We’ve opened up registration and the call for speakers for SQLSaturday Orlando, to be held October 30th at the Orlando Marriott Lake Mary. In-person! We weren’t able to get...
2021-07-30 (first published: 2021-07-19)
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Daily Coping 29 Jul 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-07-29
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Server vs Instance. A rant.
It’s a SQL Server Instance not a SQL Server. The product is SQL Server. The installed copy is an Instance. ... Continue reading
2021-07-29
347 reads
SQL Server and AKS
Following on from my last post after creating AKS, I now want to work with SQL server. First step, load up Azure cloud shell. Run the following commands Here...
2021-07-29
51 reads
Blogs
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...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
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The String Distance I
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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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