How to Become a SQL Server Database Administrator
I wrote How to Become a SQL Server Database Administrator (email address required for download) a few years ago as a project...
2017-04-03
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SQLAndy
April Fools 2017
Each year I try to something fun for April 1st, though it’s hard to do well. Trying to be funny...
2017-04-01
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Why I’m Changing to MySQLAndy
From time to time we all have to examine our path and decide if we need to make adjustments. Looking...
2017-04-01
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Notes from the March 2017 MagicPASS Meeting
I was a last minute volunteer to speak at the March meeting and used it as a chance to talk...
2017-03-31
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Applying SQL Service Pack on Encrypted Drives
I have a server that uses a third party disk encryption product. It’s configured so that the SQL service account...
2017-03-30
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SSMS – Not a Valid Value for Property Width
I’ve had this happen a couple of times with a recent build of SSMS. Something went wrong – resolution change maybe...
2017-03-29
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Orlando Code Camp 2017
I’ll be attending and speaking at Orlando Code Camp on April 8th. Come by and say hello if you’re attending,...
2017-03-27
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Reading the January 2017 PASS Minutes
I’ve been catching up on stuff this week, including reading the January 2017 minutes. It was in-person meeting so a...
2017-03-27
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Reviewing the PASS 2017 Budget
I did a quick review of the 2017 PASS Budget. It’s not a page turner, but it has a lot...
2017-03-27
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A Note on Configuring HP SSD’s
Sharing this without a supporting link, might help someone. During a recent move from SAN to local SSD the storage...
2017-03-24
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Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
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...
Forums
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
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...
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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