ThrowAway Scripts
Although I tend to write a lot of formal scripts, as part of the development process I'll explore an object...
2009-08-12
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Some Statement Start Times!
I thought I had captured statement start times within the DMV sys.dm_exec_sessions. I was absolutely wrong. However, this has sparked...
2009-08-11
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Security is a Zero-Sum Game...
but I don't mean with respect to privacy. But I do mean with respect to the time it takes securing...
2009-08-11
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Passed The 70-251 Microsoft Exam
I took the final, non-BI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Certification Exam on Friday, so now I have finished all of...
2009-08-11
550 reads
The Joy of Data Modelling.
You may think that the task of teasing out the exact nature
of the data and processes within a company...
2009-08-11
2,503 reads
Does File Exist Check in SSIS
A very common need in SSIS is to check to see if a file exist before you run what could be...
2009-08-11
15,184 reads
Review: Motorola H710 Headset
Last week I posted about getting a new bluetooth speakerphone, so I thought I’d follow up with some notes about...
2009-08-11
522 reads
Data Theft
Is employee data theft on the rise? I saw this blog post on the subject, but I had to take...
2009-08-11
795 reads
Journey to trouble-shoot Error 5042 (cannot remove a file xxx because it is not empty)
I was working on a table partition management task yesterday. The table is partitioned on a datetime column, and each...
2009-08-10
8,956 reads
Interview on SQLAuthority.com
Well-known Indian SQL MVP Pinal Dave has posted a short interview he did with me recently. Pinal is the founder...
2009-08-10
567 reads
Blogs
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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