Updates on SQLSaturday#59.....6 Weeks to go!
I just wanted to update everyone on our event happening in NYC, November 20, 2010. We have just six weeks...
2010-10-11
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PASS Update #44 (Budget)
I had a question recently about how budgets work at PASS, and I think that’s something worth sharing, so I’m...
2010-10-11
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Listing members of a group in SQL Server.
In SQL we are used to the GROUP BY and the type of result it produces. In real life, we...
2010-10-11
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SSMS Tip – Tab Groups
A few months ago as I came across tab groups in SSMS and once I found them I was very...
2010-10-11
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Return Values from XP_CMDSHELL
Let’s be clear: I don’t recommend the use of xp_cmdshell as a general tool. It ought to be used when...
2010-10-11
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Getting ready for the third “Industrial Revolution”: Database 2010-2015
I searched the internet for “connect and forget”. Wonderbox.net offer is described as a...
2010-10-10
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Getting ready for the third “Industrial Revolution”: Database 2010-2015
I searched the internet for “connect and forget”. Wonderbox.net offer is described as a “revolutionary computer server”… I think of wonderbox as a “computing appliance”, but Wikipedia limits the...
2010-10-10
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Time Saver – Presentation Preparation
Presenting is a huge fear for many and it is no different for me. I have been presenting at SQL...
2010-10-10
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Project Phoenix
Project PhoenixSometime people need a hand up – an opportunity to rise from the ashes. Over the last couple of years...
2010-10-09
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What are Physical Sockets, Physical Cores, and Logical Cores and Why Does it matter?
I witnessed a confused conversation on Twitter today where someone was talking about how he uses the terms sockets and...
2010-10-09
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Blogs
Accept the no and move on
By Brian Kelley
Here is a short emotional intelligence (EI) post for today, courtesy of Seth Godin....
Don’t Fight with AI
By Steve Jones
I was recently trying to handle a simple task with a few AI tools...
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Forums
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
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Escaping Strings
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Question of the Day
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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