FriendFeed Review
I’ve been trying the social networking thing, with accounts on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. I guess I have one on...
2008-12-12
773 reads
Blog Posts
SQL Quiz #2 - Toughest Challenges in my Career
I finally got tagged for the SQL Quiz, which I've been following. Michelle Ufford, aka SQLFool, tagged me following her...
2008-12-12
1,328 reads
Calories Burned During Sex
Ah, if you're reading this aren't you the curious one! I ran across the link below a while back and...
2008-12-11
640 reads
How Do I Configure SSIS to Work With a Named Instance
How Do I Configure SSIS to Work With a Named Instance?
By default, SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) uses the msdb...
2008-12-11
12,796 reads
Stupid Coding Tricks
Can anyone here write a SQL statement that generates a Mandelbrot Set? I’m sure a few of you can, and...
2008-12-11
866 reads
Just Do It
I was recently reading Joel Spolsky’s column in Inc. on management and I thought it was an interesting story. In...
2008-12-10
854 reads
SQL Quiz Part 2: Career Challenges
I’ve read a number of responses from Chris Shaw’s first DBA networking quiz. I missed out on the first one,...
2008-12-10
1,273 reads
You're Not Dumb...And Neither am I
One of the things I'm not fond of is self-deprecation. Smacking yourself on the forehead when you screw up a...
2008-12-10
528 reads
Are You Security Minded?
It's fun to just sit and talk with people, never know what you'll learn or be forced to rethink based...
2008-12-09
732 reads
DBAs Still in High Demand
With the world economy on the downside, there is at least one bright light, and that is DBAs are still...
2008-12-09
1,101 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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