VS Live 2016 – Las Vegas Follow Up
I spoke at Visual Studio Live in Vegas on two topics. While the presentations have been uploaded to the site and were...
2016-04-11
420 reads
DataOnWheels
SQL Saturday #486 Richmond – A Window Into Your Data
Thanks for attending my session on window functions in TSQL. I hope you learned something you can take back and...
2016-03-19
539 reads
Excel Tip #30: Excel Services Visual Limitations – Displaying Images
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2016-03-14 (first published: 2016-03-04)
1,711 reads
Minnesota BI User Group – Powering Up HDInsight with Power BI (December 2015)
On Wednesday, December 16, I presented on this topic at the Minnesota BI User Group. This session is based on...
2016-02-04
558 reads
Five Years, A Quiet Quarter, A Look Ahead to 2016
Five Years of Blogging
From to My blogging story started on December 7, 2010. I have now had a blog for...
2016-01-18
517 reads
Boston BI User Group Meeting–Dashboard Design with Microsoft: Power BI vs Datazen (10/13/15)
Thanks for joining Anthony Martin (@SQLMartini) and I at the Boston BI User Group Meeting in October. During the session,...
2015-10-28 (first published: 2015-10-20)
2,626 reads
SQL Saturday #437–Boston BI Edition 2015–You Can Still Analyze Data with T-SQL
Thanks for attending my session on analyzing data with TSQL. I hope you learned something you can take back and...
2015-10-17
524 reads
SQL Saturday #453–Minnesota 2015–A Window Into Your Data
Thanks for attending my session on window functions in TSQL. I hope you learned something you can take back and...
2015-10-10
457 reads
Excel Tip #29: Forcing Slicers to Filter Each Other when Using CUBE Functions
As I mentioned in my original post, Exploring Excel 2013 as Microsoft’s BI Client, I will be posting tips regularly...
2015-10-09
898 reads
TechFuse Minnesota Follow Up
My Session: Using Azure SQL Database for Enterprise Needs
On 10/6/2015, I presented on Azure SQL Database at TechFuse Minnesota. Some...
2015-10-06
464 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
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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('tim', 'tom')
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