SQL Saturday 392 – Atlanta, GA
Have you been to Atlanta, Georgia ? Nope? Well it’s time you plan that trip and come see me speak May...
2015-04-30
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John Morehouse | Sqlrus.com
Quick Script: Finding Database Owners & Security Admins
Security Is Everybody’s Responsibility
Recently, while diagnosing a permissions issue on a Production database, I realized that I didn’t really have...
2015-04-23
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2015 Program Committee
Last year, I was very much honored to be selected to deliver a pre-con with my friend brother Chris Shaw (B|T). I...
2015-04-16
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T-SQL Tuesday #65 – Failing Over with PowerShell
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday topic is being hosted by Mike Donnelly (B|T). The topic of choice is a fantastic one,...
2015-04-14
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Detaching a Database – File Security Gotcha
I’ll admit it, there are times where detaching a database is the best way to get something accomplished, but it...
2015-04-09
671 reads
Procedure Creation – Correct Syntax, Wrong Database
Recently, on a Friday evening, we released an update to one of our core applications. As expected, it went smoothly...
2015-04-02
433 reads
Database Restores – Zeroing Out Log Files
I recently came across a question on the #sqlhelp Twitter feed that I thought was interesting. The question pertains to...
2015-03-26
445 reads
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Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
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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!
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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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