Next up: #SQLSat107, HOU (and #SQLRally)
For me, conference season begins with the new year, and ends with the PASS Summit (sorry, November and December SQL...
2012-04-17
681 reads
SQL Awesomesauce
SQL Saturday #111 Atlanta recap and links and stuff and things….
I particularly enjoy SQL Saturdays in Atlanta for a few reasons. It gives me an excellent excuse to come out...
2012-04-16
697 reads
SQL Tribal Knowledge needs editors!
A while back I invited the unpublished masses to submit abstracts for a new-author-written SQL book – called Tribal SQL – and the...
2012-03-21
654 reads
#Meme15: On Facebook
This will be my first Meme15 (here’s Jason Strate’s original Meme15 post), and today we’re talking Facebook. The question is:
How...
2012-03-15
812 reads
I’m sorry, you’ve committed a GIANT INTERNET FAIL (#SQL2012)
Updated with links to no-login goodness. Updated again with IE rage.
This week, Microsoft announced the SQL Server 2012 release to...
2012-03-07
930 reads
SQL Server 2012 RTM. Translation: SQL 12 is out now! (Virtual Launch event update)
Originally published March 6, now with Post-launch updates.
Just a quick note for you today: Microsoft announced that SQL Server 2012...
2012-03-06
987 reads
Want to write for Microsoft?
Edit: The group I’m speaking to is the Content Team, not the Books Online (BOL) team!
Edit: Updated with FAQs and...
2012-03-02
719 reads
How’s Microsoft doing with community involvement? (updated)
Update: Jen Lussier has blogged a summary of the talks she had at the MVP summit last week. Take a...
2012-02-28
1,604 reads
An open letter to anyone with “SQL Server” on their resume
Dear Sir or Madam,
I have your resume here in my hand and couldn’t help but notice that you have listed...
2012-02-09
2,902 reads
SSRS Tip: Hide a tablix if no rows returned
I have a tablix in an SSRS report, populated by a query that might or might not return any rows. ...
2012-01-19
2,008 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...
Forums
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
Comments posted to this topic are about the item When SQL Server Central Went...
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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