How to Fail a Phone Screen
It’s funny to me how easy it is to fail a phone screen – both as the interviewer, and as the...
2013-11-29 (first published: 2013-11-18)
4,156 reads
SQL Awesomesauce
Compare tables to find missing rows
Let’s talk about the case where you want to compare tables to see what’s missing. We might be comparing a...
2013-11-14
918 reads
Quick note: Redgate SQL Data Compare using the command line
I’ve been working on an automated data compare process for one client. I’ve been struggling a little with odd hangups...
2013-10-22
1,143 reads
Liveblogging PASS Sumit Day 1 Keynote with Quentin Clark (#SQLPASS #Summit13)
Welcome to the live blog! Have some resources to start: Watch the keynote live here: http://www.passsummit.com #sqlserver Take a look at...
2013-10-16
517 reads
Next Week, in or out of Charlotte (#sqlpass #Summit13 #SQLHighTea #TooManyHashtags)
Welcome to Tuesday. We hope you enjoy your stay! Edit: We have been informed that today is actually Wednesday. We...
2013-10-09
534 reads
MidnightSQL Server Evaluation script, version 1.0
Server evaluations are a major part of my consulting business. I need to get up to speed very quickly on...
2013-09-30
1,256 reads
Interviews with Great SQL People – Authors, MVPs, many more
I’m trying really hard to write a blog that goes over all the great #sqlpass interviews we’ve done, but work...
2013-09-27
1,266 reads
SQL Tip: Get Log Space with DBCC SQLPERF(LOGSPACE)
Every so often I’m reminded that the “basics” aren’t really basics. None of us go to take “How to be...
2013-09-19
695 reads
Hit Fast Forward: Converting and deploying DTS packages
This one is just a quick shout-out to Pragmatic Works, and to Sean. Pragmatic Works made DTS xChange, which I...
2013-09-19
520 reads
#TribalSQL: A new book by new voices in SQL Server
Two years ago, we were talking about how cool it would be to get a bunch of unpublished authors to...
2013-09-17
521 reads
Blogs
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...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
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Why the following cmds in sequence do not work
I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...
When SQL Server Central Went Down
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The String Distance I
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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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