Some Selected Official Microsoft SQL Server Blogs
Here is a list of a some of the official Microsoft SQL Server blogs that I have stumbled across. Some...
2010-02-01
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Glenn Berry
Teaching Two SQL Server 2008 Classes at University of Denver, University College in Spring Quarter
I’ll be teaching two SQL Server 2008 classes this spring at University of Denver, University College. The first one, which...
2010-02-01
777 reads
Paul Randal’s Benchmarking Series
Fellow SQL MVP Paul Randal of SQLSkills, (who is also Kimberly Tripp’s husband, and a former long-time Microsoft employee) has...
2010-01-29
2,749 reads
Are You Running the x86 Version of SQL Server 2005/2008?
If so why? Honestly, I am curious why people may still be running 32-bit versions of SQL Server 2005, 2008,...
2010-01-28
2,900 reads
Living with TED 5000
Since I installed my TED 5000 home energy monitor about a week ago, I have learned quite a bit about...
2010-01-25
936 reads
Are You on Twitter?
Like many busy DBAs, I used to be very dismissive of Twitter. It seemed like a self-indulgent waste of time....
2010-01-24
1,902 reads
Setting a Dedicated Login To Run DMV Queries in SQL Server 2005\2008
In order to run server scoped DMV queries, you must have VIEW SERVER STATE permission for the login you are...
2010-01-20
910 reads
Three Big Things That Got Me Here
I was tagged by Steve Jones in the meme that Paul Randal started a few days ago, so I need...
2010-01-19
837 reads
SQL Server 2008 SP1 Cumulative Update 6 Released
Microsoft has released Cumulative Update 6 (CU6) for SQL Server 2008 SP1, which you can request here. This is Build...
2010-01-19
1,749 reads
A Few Useful Queries for SQL Server 2008 Integrated Full Text Search (iFTS)
I had a hardware issue this past weekend on one of my database servers where I am running SQL Server...
2010-01-18
1,529 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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