SQL Server 2008 SP3 CU1
Microsoft has been busy getting SQL Server Cumulative Updates released over the past couple of days. The latest release is...
2011-10-18
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Glenn Berry
SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM CU10
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 10. This is Build 10.50.1807.0, and it has 13 listed...
2011-10-18
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SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 CU3
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 Cumulative Update 3. This is Build 10.50.2789.0, and it has 22 listed...
2011-10-18
1,157 reads
Scaling SQL Server
On Friday, October 14, 2011, I had the pleasure of delivering my new Scaling SQL Server presentation at the PASS...
2011-10-17
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Liveblog for Day 2 Keynote at SQL PASS Summit 2011
There are four racks of servers and storage on stage for today’s keynote complete with roaring fans and flashing lights....
2011-10-14
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Liveblog for Day 1 Keynote at SQL PASS 2011
It is hard to live tweet or live blog when the Wi-Fi is not working reliably. The keynote starts out...
2011-10-12
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Hardware 301: Diving Deeper into Database Hardware
On Wednesday, October 12, at 10:15AM, I am going to get the pleasure of presenting my Hardware 301: Diving Deeper...
2011-10-11
1,096 reads
New and Improved DMVs in SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1
With relatively little fanfare, Microsoft added a few new DMVs into the SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 release, which came...
2011-10-10
1,340 reads
Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 SP3 RTM
Microsoft has released the final, RTM version of SQL Server 2008 Service Pack 3. This is build 10.00.5500. It includes...
2011-10-07
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September 2011 SQL Server 2008 Instance Level Diagnostic Queries
Since it is late September, I thought it would be a good time to release an updated set of Diagnostic...
2011-09-27
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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
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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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