Repair Visual Studio for Mac: Extension node not found in path
A few months ago I ran into a problem after updating Visual Studio for Mac, where it would not start....
2018-08-30
345 reads
Born SQL with Randolph West
A software architect replaces a relational database with a relational database
Content warning: This is the second (and final) rebuttal essay about why someone is wrong on the Internet. It is...
2018-08-29
308 reads
Relational databases aren’t the problem
Content warning: This is the first of two rebuttal essays, about why someone is wrong on the Internet. It is...
2018-09-10 (first published: 2018-08-22)
3,150 reads
Do you even PowerShell, bro? An ode to dbatools and dbachecks.
Shall I compare thee to Management Studio? Thou art more scriptable and consistent. Those out-of-memory errors do tend to lose...
2018-08-15
319 reads
Why you should not use SELECT *
A shorter post this week, but an important one. Last week, Erik Darling commented on my post saying that we...
2018-08-08
469 reads
Don’t do these things in SQL Server
Recently Brent Ozar posted a link to the PostgreSQL “Don’t do this” page, which I am shamelessly reproducing below, re-tailored...
2018-08-01
503 reads
Repair SQL Server on Linux after an Ubuntu distribution upgrade
SQL Server 2017 is supported on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Long-Term Support), however that version of Ubuntu Linux is now more...
2018-07-25
338 reads
Data lakes and swamps, oh my
I was lamenting to my friend and fellow MVP Shamir Charania (blog | Twitter) that I didn’t have a topic for...
2018-08-01 (first published: 2018-07-18)
2,973 reads
Performance as a feature, software developer edition
Relational database management systems (RDBMS) like SQL Server and Azure SQL Database are very good at managing normalized data. Efficient...
2018-07-11
320 reads
Community recognition
On the first day of January 2017, I was honoured to receive an email naming me as a Microsoft MVP...
2018-07-04
312 reads
Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
Why the following cmds in sequence do not work
I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...
When SQL Server Central Went Down
Comments posted to this topic are about the item When SQL Server Central Went...
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('tim', 'tom')
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