Daily Coping 25 Jun 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-06-25
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Blog Posts
Hobby: Original Batmobile (1989) from Lego
Man does not live by work alone. Everyone needs a hobby, preferably in isolation from their daily work. There is not much to read in this post. As a...
2021-06-25
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Let’s Celebrate Pride by Supporting Nonprofits
For Pride this year, we’re highlighting queer nonprofits and charities. It’s more important than ever to support the queer community and raise awareness for those who do so all...
2021-06-25 (first published: 2021-06-15)
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Rejected for a Speaking Submission
I got a speaking rejection today. Well, not today, but the day I wrote this. Not really a big deal, but it was interesting that the event organizer included...
2021-06-25
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Using SQL Compare for One Procedure
A customer recently was concerned about the time to run SQL Compare for a large database. They were synching with the command line, but at times they want to...
2021-06-25 (first published: 2021-06-11)
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Daily Coping 24 Jun 2021
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2021-06-24
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Speaking at Data ANZ 2021
Looking forward to speaking at Data ANZ 2021 this weekend. Data ANZ "is the data community event for the whole of Australia and New Zealand (and the world)"!
I'll be presenting...
2021-06-24
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A summary of new features in Azure SQL Database
It has been some time since I last wrote about Azure SQL Database. Although it has been more than three years since SQL Server 2017 was released, Microsoft have...
2021-06-23
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Azure Function Drain mode
(2021-Jun-16) Recently, Google started to notify me that my blog website (http://datanrg.blogspot.com/) had been experiencing some ‘Server (5xx)’ errors. Nothing has been changed on my side, and I’m not sure how...
2021-06-23 (first published: 2021-06-16)
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Azure SQL Managed Instance Versions
Just a really quick FYI for the readers. If you are using Managed Instances in Azure (If not, why not?) and you connect vis SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio)...
2021-06-23
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Blogs
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...
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...
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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