Looking for SQL Speakers Near Wheeling, WV
I had a great call with John Sterrett last week about the possibility of having a SQLSaturday in Wheeling and...
2009-08-19
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Blog Posts
Partitioning Strangeness
Ran across this in a recent class while covering partitioning. Start by creating a standard partitioning function and the scheme,...
2009-08-19
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Tampabay SQL Server User Group Presentation
I presented a one-hour session for Tampabay SQL Server User Group on Powershell and SQL Server. I've previously delivered this session for the...
2009-08-19
827 reads
Updated Blog List
I added a new blogger to my list. I was surfing around for a few good examples to use in...
2009-08-19
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I/O I/O - It's why my server's slow.....Examing I\O Statistics
I/O I/O - It's why my server's slow.....
Often I've been curious about ways to measure the performance of SQL Server, and...
2009-08-18
4,628 reads
Comparing Settings Entreprise-Wide with SQL admin toolset’s Server Configuration app.
In the Spring of 2008 Idera launched its SQL admin toolset at a super low deal of around two hundred...
2009-08-18
1,803 reads
Don't Copy Other People's Posts
In my Modern Resume presentation I have a few slides on blogging, a couple of which are hints and tips...
2009-08-18
1,183 reads
Four Kinds of Free – Some Comments
I’ve had this link about four kinds of free (and this link too) on my list for awhile, today seems...
2009-08-18
658 reads
Half-Way Through My Year as a Microsoft MVP
I meant to write this earlier, like in July, but I suppose it's better late than never. I'm halfway through...
2009-08-18
1,313 reads
Meeting August 19th Austin, TX Brian Knight on SQL Server Analysis Services
If you are in Austin you should stop by!
If you want to know what is going on SQL Server wise...
2009-08-18
824 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
Forums
Dynamic Unpivot
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
Writing as an Art and a Job
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String Similarity II
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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