Election Day & Love of Country
I'm not trying to talk politics here, but I don't want to be so politically correct that I avoid important...
2008-11-03
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Blog Posts
Microsoft Launches SQLServerEnergy.Com
Microsoft has launched a new SQL Server 2008 marketing-related website at www.sqlserverenergy.com. It is available in 11 languages, and offers...
2008-11-03
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Midlands PASS Chapter Meeting - November 6, 2008
Speaker: Brian Kelley
Midlands PASS Chapter - November 6, 2008 Meeting
Sponsored by Red Gate Software
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold our normally...
2008-11-03
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Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration
When I came home from work tonight, there waiting on my was my copy of Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008...
2008-11-03
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Sniffing out bogus data
/* Imagine that you have some names and addresses. You are anxious to look at the addresses that may be spurious....
2008-11-03
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The Wise Old Man Part 3
In my previous posts The Wise Old Man Part 1 and The Wise Old Man Part 2 I wrote about...
2008-11-03
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DBA and Doctor
I always feel it is harder to be a DBA than to be a doctor while we are doing almost...
2008-11-02
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How Many People Can a Manager Manage?
This question came up during lunch this past week, and it's a good question. I'll start with my stock 'It...
2008-11-02
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Timing is Everything
I got up this morning, wanting to go through the forums, check on Database Weekly, etc. as a Sunday morning...
2008-11-02
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Auditing for Blank Passwords
Auditing blank passwords in SQL Server 2005 and 2008 proves a bit more challenging than in SQL Server 2000. In...
2008-11-01
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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