The Spring Event
I hope you’ve seen the note from Andy Warren (Blog | Twitter) on a PASS Spring Event, and there’s another writeup...
2010-06-22
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SQL Server 2008 R2 feature pack
Microsoft, has published things that can be very useful, in this case for the SQL Server users. They announced the...
2010-06-22
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PASS RSS Feeds
Another “didn’t know” for me, we have multiple feeds from PASS HQ that focus on various areas – grab the entire...
2010-06-21
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SQL Server Hardware Checklist
I’m in the process of putting together a SQL Server hardware inventory/audit checklist for an upcoming book project. The purpose...
2010-06-21
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Football Update
Well the World Cup is now half way through, 32 games played, 32 games to go. The talk here in...
2010-06-21
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PASS 2010 Election Nominating Committee Announced
Actually came out last week and I missed it, here is the link to the details of the nominating committee...
2010-06-21
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SQLBits 7 to be Held in York September 30 – October 2, 2010
SQLBits—The 7 Wonders of SQL Conference—will be held in York, England, September 30 through October 2, 2010. SQLBits is the...
2010-06-21
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2010 Microsoft BI Conference: Directions in Microsoft BI
The combined Microsoft BI Conference and TechEd in New Orleans last week was a great
experience. The shear magnitude of the...
2010-06-21
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Inverter Obsession, or Why I am Starting to Hate Clouds
After getting my new grid-tied solar PV system turned on and operational on June 18, 2010, I have become temporarily...
2010-06-21
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Promoted to TempDB by SQLRockstar
I noticed today that fellow SQL Server MVP Thomas LaRock (blog | twitter) had updated his SQL Server blog rankings, and...
2010-06-21
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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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