Buying a New Cell Phone
For the page 10 months or so I've been using a Samsung Blackjack, before that I used various Blackberries for...
2007-11-21
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SQLAndy
Logging Server Reboots - What the Heck MS?
Maybe someone at MS can explain this; they have that nice dialog that comes up after a reboot where you...
2007-11-21
1,403 reads
SQLSaturday Article Posted on SSC
I wrote up some more notes (in addition to what's available here on the blog) to try to raise the...
2007-11-21
1,373 reads
SQLSaturday #2 aka SQLSaturday Tampa 2007
I had dinner with Wes Dumey and Pam Shaw from Tampa last night to share some lessons learned and hear...
2007-11-20
1,383 reads
Giving PASS Chapters Access to Summit Content
I've got a request in to PASS asking them to release 2 of the many sessions that were presented at...
2007-11-19
1,334 reads
Pics of SQLSaturday
Visit the blog of Joe Healy, my favorite MS Developer Evangelist to see some pics from SQLSaturday. Joe is amazingly...
2007-11-15
1,349 reads
Dr Dobbs & Databases
You may not think of DDJ for database info and I'll admit that what they do cover is often a...
2007-11-15
1,425 reads
Trigger Trivia Posted on SSC
A short article but interesting I think, with some good comments already. I think in general triggers are under used,...
2007-11-13
583 reads
A Couple Days With Joe Celko
We were lucky enough to have Joe come to Orlando to speak at SQLSaturday and we also talked him into...
2007-11-12
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SQLSaturday Orlando 2007 Wrap Up
I'm just finishing up sending out thank you emails to the volunteers, speakers, and sponsors that helped make our first...
2007-11-12
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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
Huge frustration - Database watcher with two elastic pools
Think there's a reason why this is still in preview, but have someone manage...
SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers