Shorten Your PowerShell Prompt
Recently, I’ve been getting very annoyed by the length of the default PowerShell prompt. Most of my work starts in my Documents folder, so with the default prompt, I’m...
2013-03-03
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FLX SQL
T-SQL Tuesday #39 - Here's what my PoSH is cooking
My first official entry for T-SQL Tuesday (my first was a guest post hosted by Kendal Van Dyke (blog|twitter), so I’m not really counting it) is brought to you...
2013-02-12
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2012-12-28
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About
I am a geek, husband, father, geocacher & gratuitous consumer of satellite signals (not in that order). I’ve been in IT professionally for over two decades doing web development,...
2012-12-04
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2001-01-01
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Courtney Woolum
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2001-01-01
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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