Collation Issues
This is really interesting to me:
CREATE TABLE #TEMP (name varchar(80))
INSERT INTO #TEMP values ('Malteser Schloßschule')
INSERT INTO #TEMP values ('Malteser...
2008-05-19
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Blog Posts
SSIS Interview Questions
I have decided to make a short series of blogs about possible interview questions to help you prepare for an...
2008-05-19
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Technical Podcasts I Listen To
There are a few podcasts I tend to listen to as I have time. Since I work with a wide...
2008-05-19
4,043 reads
Managing & Professional Development Classes
I've been working on a rough outline for two new classes that will each be one day long. One on...
2008-05-18
487 reads
Giving a Presentation?
As a president of a local PASS chapter, one of the things I've struggled with is getting "locals" to give...
2008-05-17
675 reads
Setting Static Ports when dealing with Named Instances and Kerberos
I ran across this a week or so ago. There were a couple of SQL Servers running named instances that...
2008-05-17
10,607 reads
Command and Control of the Data Center
As I went walking last night, I listened to two podcasts from RunAs Radio of interviews of Michael Manos and...
2008-05-16
1,084 reads
Give Back: Donate Your Hair for Children in Need
While this will remain a primarily technical blog, one thing I'm going to try and add is each Saturday I'll...
2008-05-16
736 reads
FlyClear, Privacy, and Time
Recently I signed up for the FlyClear program (www.flyclear.com), a registered traveler program. Over the past year I've been travelling...
2008-05-15
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Midlands PASS May Meeting - Speaker Brian Knight
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Speaker: SQL Server MVP Brian Knight
The Midlands PASS chapter will hold a special meeting on...
2008-05-15
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Blogs
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,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
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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