Why I don’t like NULLs and Nullable Columns
As I imagine (or hope), the majority of us adhere to some form of standards in the environment that they...
2011-03-25
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How Many Bytes Are In My Column? – T-SQL Functions
One of the things you want to be aware of when writing T-SQL is using the proper function for a...
2011-03-25
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The Mystery Of The Slow Last Row
Things Go South
Recently I was troubleshooting a piece of software that archives data out of a very active import table....
2011-03-25
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NOLOCK for Developers
What is NOLOCK?
NOLOCK is a table hint for SQL Server that tells the engine to not take locks and ignore...
2011-03-25
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An Analogy is like a Tree….
For years, I’ve been trying to express how everything ties into everything else. A big part of understanding any given...
2011-03-25
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So you’re RAIDed, but are you protected?
G’day,
Occasionally, I hear things that surprise me. And one of the statements that I’ve heard lately that fits into that category is...
2011-03-24
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Tools note
I was asked a few months ago to allow some advertising on my blog. I hadn’t given the idea a whole lot of thought but was reminded again today...
2011-03-24
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Tools note
I was asked a few months ago to allow some advertising on my blog. I hadn’t given the idea a...
2011-03-24
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Fast File Copy With Managed Code: UBCopy update!
If you have been following my trials with working with C# and files you know it hasn’t been a bed...
2011-03-24
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TechFuse Follow-Up
Last week I spoke at the TechFuse event in Minnesota – out at Mystic Lake Casino. As I mentioned in the...
2011-03-24
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Blogs
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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