Traveling with Steve
I don’t travel a lot, but with the success of SQL Saturday, I find myself heading out on the road...
2010-06-24
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Building a PASS Voting Solution – Part 6
Today we’ll try to finish up by looking at a couple of the semi-interesting parts of the code in this...
2010-06-24
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PASS Board Call For Nominations Open
Nominations opened today and will run through July 21st. Whether you’re planning to be a candidate or not, I hope...
2010-06-24
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Guest Editorial on SSC – Selling Used Cars/Experience Requires Repetition
I’ve been experimenting with stories in the editorial, experiences of my own that are amusing and have some kind of...
2010-06-24
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How To Stay Current with SQL Server Cumulative Updates
Since the release of SQL Server 2005, Microsoft has been using what they call an Incremental Servicing Model for SQL...
2010-06-23
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SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM CU2 released.
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 2. It became available for download today, and you can...
2010-06-23
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In The Spotlight!
I received an unexpected but certainly not unwelcome email last night letting me know that I've been selected to present...
2010-06-23
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SQLSaturday Orlando Signs
Life in the event leader fast lane, finally got the signs for our upcoming #49 here in Orlando. In past...
2010-06-23
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Stop'n'Start SQL Services via command prompt (cmd)
Using the command prompt for stopping and starting services is a very nice possibility and very fast! We know that...
2010-06-23
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Microsoft Releases SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 2
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) today. It became available for download today, and...
2010-06-23
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Blogs
Accept the no and move on
By Brian Kelley
Here is a short emotional intelligence (EI) post for today, courtesy of Seth Godin....
Don’t Fight with AI
By Steve Jones
I was recently trying to handle a simple task with a few AI tools...
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Forums
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
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Escaping Strings
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Question of the Day
Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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