Scanning Without Wires - Epson Workforce 610
We are trying to buy another property here at the ranch. My wife had to leave town in the middle...
2010-07-15
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MDX Puzzle #3 Solution
Download Script
Sorry that it’s taken me so long to write this post, but I have been a little busy with...
2010-07-15
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Pruning the Blog List
I went through the exercise months ago where I tried to re-organize my blog reading to be more efficient at...
2010-07-15
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Making Choices Narrows Your Remaining Options
I’ve had variations of this conversation a couple of times lately and thought it was worth writing down some thoughts....
2010-07-15
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SQL Saturday Advice - Build a Foundation
I think this is a good idea, and I’ll give you some reasons, but every SQL Saturday ought to consider...
2010-07-15
977 reads
Defensive Db Programming Chapter 02
This is the review of the second chapter of the book Defensive Database Programming. The title of this chapter is...
2010-07-15
1,825 reads
Building My New Home, SQL Server IO
April of 2009 I decided it was time to blog about my SQL Server experiences in earnest. Steve Jones (twitter|blog)...
2010-07-14
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Retrieving last backups of the databases
The script below is a simple and quick way to find out the last backup performed successfully to the databases...
2010-07-14
766 reads
PASS Update #37 (Elections and Re-Election)
We’ve got 6 days left before the call for nominations for the 2010 PASS election closes and I want to...
2010-07-14
858 reads
SQLServerCentral.com Track at SQL Server Connections November 1-5, 2010
November will be a busy time of the year for many SQL Server DBAs as they head off to the...
2010-07-14
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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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