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I published a post yesterday where I listed my top 5 bloggers from the worldwide SQL community for 2010. The...
2010-12-30
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Wiring up a common click event handler in an ASP.NET page
I was just refactoring a server-side control and ran into some horrible code. Basicaly there was a big listbox that...
2010-12-30
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Reviewing My 2010 Goals
You can go over my goals here. I’ve really hesitated to do this post because, in my opinion, I did...
2010-12-30
1,427 reads
MCM Prep - VLF Allocations
I had heard that you could have too many VLFs in your transaction log, and it could cause performance issues....
2010-12-30
1,938 reads
A Change of Pace
As some of you may have already heard, I spent much of December moving from Hawaii to Missouri. Generally, when...
2010-12-29
1,561 reads
Updated SQL 2005 and 2008 Diagnostic Queries
Since it is almost January 2011, I thought I would post the January 2011 versions of the SQL Server 2005...
2010-12-29
2,280 reads
Looking Back at 2010–Goal Review
I had 8 goals for 2010, which I posted at the end of last year. That reminds me, I need...
2010-12-29
1,828 reads
SQLMeetings.com Is Live!
You heard right, I’ve finished with the 1.0 release. It isn’t pretty but it works. If you need a primer...
2010-12-29
1,564 reads
Book Review: Bury My Heart at Conference Room B
Bury My Heart at Conference Room B: The Unbeatable Impact of Truly Committed Managers by Stan Slap ($15 @ Amazon) is...
2010-12-29
738 reads
Quick Thoughts on Learning
I’m looking for the attribution for a quote – it’s something I first heard from Sean, and we say it all...
2010-12-29
507 reads
Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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How to Work with On-Premises AI Models to Generate T-SQL Code
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Escaping Strings
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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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