Quiet Wednesday
For me the Wednesday before Thanksgiving was a quiet day at work. It was one of those ‘everyone is leaving...
2011-12-06
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SQLAndy
Registration Open for SQLRally 2012 in Dallas
On my list of things to get done this week is register for SQLRally 2012 in Dallas. It’s a quick...
2011-12-05
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Now to End of Year
My friend Steve Jones posted Shutting Down for a Week and in that he talked about doing too much, trying...
2011-12-02
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PASS Update #67
It’s been a slow few weeks since my last update. This week I did a call with Karla and Wes...
2011-12-01
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PASS Update #67 (Election)
Today the slate of candidates for the 2012-2013 term was announced;
Adam Jorgensen, Denise McInerney, Geoff Hiten, Kendal Van Dyke,...
2011-12-01
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Saxophone Fire and Bad Words
There is nothing like having two children to remind you how strange, funny, and complicated language can be. Try answering...
2011-11-30
1,597 reads
TechEd Comes to Orlando in June 2012
Just saw the official announcement MS TechEd will be in Orlando June 11-14, 2012, at the Orange County Convention Center....
2011-11-30
1,558 reads
SQL Mag Top 10 Bloggers
I was astounded to see this blog at #4 on the list from the recent SQL Server Magazine Community Choice...
2011-11-29
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2011-11-28
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The Mute the Phone Office Prank
The client I work with as a lot of conference rooms, all with the standard Polycom conference phone that works...
2011-11-23
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Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Downtime Caused by the Postgres...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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