Agile Practices Meet Database Development: Intro
I think the database developer role is on the rise and that it's better suited for agile practices - but guidance...
2009-08-04
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Blog Posts
Another Reason To Install Service Pack 1 CU3 on SQL Server 2008
Microsoft has a new KB article describing a problem where the MAXDOP setting that you specify (whether at the instance...
2009-08-04
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Disaster Recovery Scenarios with HP Data Protector
Let's say it is a late Monday morning, because something always comes up before you are required at your vocation,...
2009-08-04
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Looking for Good (and Bad) SQL Server Blogs
I was asked to do an hour presentation during the 24 Hours of PASS, which takes place on Sept 2,...
2009-08-04
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Relocating oPASS
I mentioned last week about closing down sqlgroups.com and trying to decide on a new home for oPASS.org. We did...
2009-08-04
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Second SW Florida .Net Code Camp Announced for Oct 3, 2009
John Dunagan is the “Chief Organizer” of this event on October 3rd in Estero, FL, just south of Ft Myers....
2009-08-04
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SQL Bloggers, Make Yourself Known
Are you an active SQL Server blogger? Do you blog regularly about the greatest database technology available? If so, you...
2009-08-04
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SQL Saturday - Top 5 Suggestions from the Attendees
After spending much of the last two days reading through over 200 SQL Saturday Event Evaluations I have come up...
2009-08-04
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Why Does Code Outlining In SSMS Only Work When Connected To SQL 2008?
Code Outlining has been part of Visual Studio since VS.NET 2002. If you're not familiar with it, code outlining is...
2009-08-04
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24 Hours of PASS
I’m fairly certain Jack Bauer isn’t involved with this new initiative from PASS. Just as I’m also certain I won’t...
2009-08-03
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Blogs
Why I stopped using MCP for AI coding stuff
By HeyMo0sh
Something has shifted quietly in 2026. The developers I know/respect—the ones actually shipping, not...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 5: Notebooks, Hugging face models and Fine Tuning
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 4 where we learned Encoder, Decoder, and Attention Mechanism, today we...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
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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