Advent of Code 2018 – Day 6 (Chronal Coordinates)
Next, Advent of Code 2018 – Day 6 As I explained in a recent post, I’m participating in this year’s Advent of Code challenge, with the twist of doing...
2018-12-07
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Blog Posts
ASF 017 video invitation
What wasn’t really designed for people of guest’s stature? From who his every good decision does come from? New podcast...
2018-12-07
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Managing the Money for SQLOrlando
Part of the decision of setting up a non profit is committing to a bit more than minimal effort when...
2018-12-07 (first published: 2018-11-26)
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PASS, Meetup, and Sponsors
I’ve always been in favor of trying to use the PASS tools and web site as much as possible, but...
2018-12-07
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Things That Drive a DBA Crazy When Starting a New Job
In the past 5 months I have started two different jobs, so that leaves it up in the air as...
2018-12-07 (first published: 2018-11-26)
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Advent of Code 2018 – Day 3 (Slicing)
Advent of Code 2018 – Day 3
As I explained in a recent post, I’m participating in this year’s Advent of Code...
2018-12-06
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Advent of Code 2018 – Day 3 (Slicing)
A T-SQL approach to solving the 2018 “Advent of Code” programming challenge. This solution includes a physical tally table.
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2018-12-06
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Azure SQL Database “Step By Step” Tutorials
I would like to share a link to my Azure SQL Database Stairway series hosted over at SQLServerCentral. As stated...
2018-12-06
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Capture the Flag – The Trace Flag
Despite the controls in place there always seems to be some change that is unknown or even some cowboy that makes changes as s/he sees fit and forgets to...
2018-12-06
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Live Query Stats of Running Queries
Since SQL Server 2014 SP1 we’ve had DMV’s that can support Live Query Statistics (Basically a query plan that gives...
2018-12-06 (first published: 2018-11-24)
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Blogs
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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The String Distance I
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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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