Best Practices: Defining Explicit Length for Varchar/Nvarchar
SA0080 : Do not use VARCHAR or NVARCHAR data types without specifying length. Level: Warning
When using varchar/nvarchar it should be explicitly...
2017-06-07
735 reads
Sheldon Hull
Powershell Module Improvements for SQL Server in 2017
simple setup
A major improvement that seems to have quietly slipped into the sql developers world is an improved SQLServer powershell...
2017-06-19 (first published: 2017-05-31)
2,219 reads
Setting Up InfluxDb, Chronograf, and Grafana for the SqlServer Dev
InfluxDb & Grafana Series
Running InfluxDb As A Service in WindowsSetting Up InfluxDb, Chronograf, and Grafana for the SqlServer Dev
InfluxDB And AnnotationsCapturing...
2017-05-29 (first published: 2017-05-17)
4,082 reads
Red Gate SQL Clone (#1) - Initial Setup
Note this was during earlier beta usage, so some of the UI and other features will have been updated more....
2017-02-27
705 reads
Bad Idea Jeans: Query Optimization Through Minification
SQL is pretty verbose compared to some languages. It's a pretty big disappointment that I have to type out select...
2017-01-23
220 reads
Bad Idea Jeans: Query Optimization Through Minification
SQL is pretty verbose compared to some languages. It's a pretty big disappointment that I have to type out select...
2017-01-23
479 reads
Dynamically Set Powershell Variables from json
I created this small snippet to allow a list of values from a json file be turned into variables to...
2016-12-05
301 reads
Attaching Database Using SMO & Powershell
Steve Jones wrote a great article on using this automation here titled The Demo Setup-Attaching Databases with Powershell. I threw...
2016-11-18
1,082 reads
Parallel Powershell for Running SQL
This is just a quick look. I plan on diving into this in the future more, as I'm still working...
2016-11-16
218 reads
Parallel Powershell for Running SQL
This is just a quick look. I plan on diving into this in the future more, as I'm still working...
2016-11-16
3,370 reads
Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
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Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
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SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
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Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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