Currys having apostrophe trouble
Before I start I just want to say that much of this post is mere speculation on my part and...
2014-04-08
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SQL Server Rocks!
Pluralsight = Essential Training
Update: 11th Sep 2016 - See comment that pricing tiers have been adjusted since this blog post
I've been aware of Pluralsight...
2014-03-25
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FIGlet SQLCLR ASCII Font Art
If you haven’t heard of the name before, you must have seen what it does at some point. FIGlet which...
2014-02-13
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Basic RegEx in SSMS
Have you ever had that moment where you have gone "Geez.. I wish I'd learnt this stuff ages ago" after...
2014-02-04 (first published: 2014-01-27)
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And that is 2013
I’ve been blogging for a couple of years now and although I’ve never been a prolific blogger (and never will!),...
2013-12-23
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Getting the read/write ratio for a database
EDIT: Please also see in depth comment from Brent Ozar on my main site which extends the query provided below...
2013-11-30
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Removing HTML formatting tag - BR - from XML using XQuery
This is a personal pet hate of mine.. Mixing HTML formatting tags directly with XML that aren’t escaped or contained...
2013-11-07 (first published: 2013-10-31)
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What to do next certification wise
I feel rather flat today. I passed the 3rd entry level 2012 exam a few hours ago, data warehousing to...
2013-09-19
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Just Wow!! features
Over the years with each release I’m often impressed by some of the features contained in SQL server but every...
2013-08-30
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Crash when inserting to a FileTable with a parallel plan
Whilst doing some ad-hoc work on some data on a 2012 SP1 instance I came across an issue with the...
2013-07-25
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
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