Running to the PASS Summit
Well, not literally. I’m not going to run to Seattle from Denver, but I’ll be running at the Summit.
Last year...
2009-10-30
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Blog Posts
Twitter SQLBingo at the PASS Community Summit
Who are the people in your SQL neighborhood?
Stuart Ainsworth (Blog, Twitter), Brent Ozar (Blog, Twitter), and some other really bright...
2009-10-30
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When Technical Support Fails You
I have had the pleasure of being a vendor, and technical support for both hardware and software products. I know...
2009-10-30
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Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives – In Seattle
If you’re going to spend 3-5 days in Seattle at the PASS Summit it’s worth sampling the local food rather...
2009-10-29
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Don’t Be This Guy
I have a sad story to tell you. Sit down and grab a tissue.
It was 10pm on a cool night...
2009-10-29
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Featured Blogger: Aaron Bertrand
I’ve been reading Aaron’s blog for a while, he’s prolific and consistently interesting – and definitely a technical focus. He’s been...
2009-10-29
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More Seattle Food
Was browsing on a break and found this, http://www.seattle.com/dining/. Of them I’ve been to Palomino (good) and Ruths Chris (good),...
2009-10-29
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My PASS Summit 2009 Schedule
Hooray! The PASS Summit is upon us (finally)! Here's what my plans look like for next week:
Monday
My week starts...
2009-10-29
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Need an Aircard for a Few Days?
Ran across this, http://daypasswireless.com/, lets you rent an aircard plus service. Don’t know if it’s too late for those of...
2009-10-29
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OFF-TOPIC: More about the pregnancy
Quite a few folks have commented about my previous post about missing the PASS Summit, whether publicly or in private....
2009-10-29
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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
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I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...
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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