Some New DMV Queries for SQL Server 2008 R2
I was spelunking around in SQL Server 2008 R2 today, after looking at a PowerPoint presentation by Madhan Arumugam about...
2010-05-11
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Minutes of the April 2010 PASS Board Meeting Published
This was a phone meeting on April 8th, 2010, that covered:
Possibility of an online track at the 2010 PASS SummitDiscussion...
2010-05-11
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Minutes of the February 2010 Board Meeting Posted
Strangely we’ve had the March minutes up for many weeks, but just now getting the February minutes posted. This was...
2010-05-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #006 Blobs, FileStream and PowerShell
In case you’re wondering about the title T-SQL Tuesday, it’s a monthly collection of SQL Server related content where a...
2010-05-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #006: A Blobbing We Will Go
Once again it looks like I was early for the T-SQL Tuesday event. Last month I submitted my entry on...
2010-05-11
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Recompiles and Constant Learning
When faced with a procedure that looks like this:
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.TestProc (@TestValue INT)
AS
BEGIN
IF @TestValue = 1
BEGIN
SELECT *
FROM Sales.SalesOrderHeader AS soh
JOIN Sales.SalesOrderDetail...
2010-05-11
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Five Things SQL Server Should Drop
Joining in the current meme started by Paul Randal (blog | twitter), here is my list of five features or settings...
2010-05-11
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Exceptional DBA
It is once again that time of year. It is time to nominate the DBA in your life for the...
2010-05-11
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May UG Meeting
This is just a quick note to remind any interested parties that the May S3OLV meeting will be held this...
2010-05-11
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STS-132 NASA Tweetup or "I've Won A Golden Ticket!"
Note: This is a very non-SQL Server related post. If you don't want to read something personal about me feel...
2010-05-11
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
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Escaping Strings
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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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