Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta
This past weekend was the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta, and I attended and presented as well. Actually I only attended...
2009-02-23
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Blog Posts
Working at home
It’s usually nice, sometimes challenging, always interesting.
The other day both Tia and I were working in the “spare” office when...
2009-02-23
753 reads
Database Mirroring FAQ: Will the Mirror automatically fail back to the original Principal when it comes back online?
Question: Will the Mirror automatically fail back to the original Principal when it comes back online?
This question doesn't usually come...
2009-02-22
11,484 reads
Mapping Database Principals to Server Principals
A question on the forum asked how to find all the database mappings for a particular login. If you're on SQL...
2009-02-22
9,795 reads
SQLSaturday #13 in Atlanta - Another Update & Shared Knowledge
Stuart says that as of Feb 20 registration is at 150 with a cap of 200, and plenty of speakers...
2009-02-22
672 reads
Looking Forward to Getting My Kindle 2
When the Kindle 2 was first announced, I debated about whether or not to get it. Then I realized I...
2009-02-21
1,369 reads
Adobe Acrobat/Reader 0day - Disable JavaScript
There is an active attack in the wild for the newly announced Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader vulnerability. While the...
2009-02-20
2,064 reads
How do I ... Determine Database Growth If I Am Not Tracking It? -- Error Logs Part III
How do I ... Determine Database Growth If I Am Not Tracking It?
If your database has grown considerably and you're not...
2009-02-20
5,965 reads
I Want a Macbook
Video editing is a bit of a pain on a Windows PC I definitely have some flexibility with ULead’s Video...
2009-02-20
998 reads
Want Information on Data Dude, Check Out DBProj.Com
If you use Data Dude (Visual Studio 2008 Team System Database Edition GDR), you might want to check out Gert...
2009-02-20
644 reads
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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