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Azure SQL Database Serverless

Quite a significant change has taken place within the Azure SQL Database space, more specifically the development of Azure SQL Database Serverless. Currently in preview mode this “compute” tier changes...

2019-05-14

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Puzzles and Daily Trivia

One of my favorite database automations is to send trivia style questions daily. This helps me to mentor and assess other dba talent within an organization without being too...

2019-05-14

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Puzzles and Daily Trivia

One of my favorite database automations is to send trivia style questions daily. This helps me to mentor and assess other dba talent within an organization without being too...

2019-05-14

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The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central

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Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server

By Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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Expanding into Print

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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem

By Chandan Shukla

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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')
Assume preview features are enabled.

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