How to get Open Live Writer working with Blogger
Wow – I didn’t blog at all in 2016! While I’m certain that falls squarely on me, perhaps a small part...
2017-02-10
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New York City .NET
Fixing Truncation Issues with T-SQL Flex
If you’ve worked with SQL Server for any length of time, you’ve run into this error:
Msg 8152, Level 16, State...
2015-12-21
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Talking TypeScript on the .NET Rocks! Podcast
I appeared on the .NET Rocks podcast show #1149 this week. I had a blast talking about TypeScript, the new...
2015-06-09
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Excel 2013 Conditional Formatting for Columns
If you have two columns in an Excel sheet, and you want to conditionally format fields in the second column...
2015-01-14
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Enabling Portable Git in Node.js command prompt on Windows
GitHub for Windows doesn't put Git in the PATH by default. If you'd like your Node.js command prompt to have...
2015-01-08
1,326 reads
Using an alternate TypeScript compiler inside Visual Studio
TypeScript team member Daniel Rosenwasser provided instructions for replacing the TypeScript compiler and language service used by Visual Studio here:
https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/issues/1110#issuecomment-62451204
He...
2015-01-06
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Gmail and Match.com are Conspiring to Breakup My Marriage
My wife and I are happily married. Both of us were surprised the other day when she started getting Match.com...
2014-12-01
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Setting up WebStorm to debug grunt with TypeScript
It’s possible to use the WebStorm editor to debug grunt tasks if you are using TypeScript and generating .map files. ...
2014-11-28
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New Add-on for SSMS: T-SQL Flex
Do you ever copy query results out of SQL Server Management Studio, paste them into your text editor, and then...
2014-09-11 (first published: 2014-09-08)
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How to Generate a Fiddler SAZ File
Fiddler is a free program that will log HTTP and HTTPS requests on Windows. These instructions demonstrate how to use...
2014-07-08
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Blogs
Red Flags in Your Query (T-SQL Tuesday #200)
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
T-SQL Tuesday #200: When I Look at a Query …
By Steve Jones
This month is a milestone for T-SQL Tuesday. It’s number 200, which doesn’t sound...
Reflections on the Life of a DBA
The DBA life is fraught with pain. Those battles that we endure are mostly...
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Checking the Error Log I
On my SQL Server 2025, I want to search the error log from my T-SQL code for potential issues and then inform an administrator. What is the current way to easily query the error log?
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