Powershell, Me and the MCM part II
Last week I posted the first part of this series. I thought it would be a good idea to give...
2010-12-20
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Can You Dig It? – SHOWPLAN XML Structure
She can dig it!
D Sharon PruittIn the last couple plan cache posts, I talked about a couple items that are...
2010-12-20
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SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 4 RTM Released
Last Friday afternoon (December 17, 2010), Microsoft released the final RTM build of Service Pack 4 (SP4) for SQL Server...
2010-12-20
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SSWUG Free SSIS Expo
Stinking Feet?
Want to learn some stuff about SSIS? Want to do it from the couch and not have to get...
2010-12-20
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RTFM365, Week 2 (AND week in review)
Hooboy…the super-structured format of the first two RTFM365 posts just isn’t sustainable for me. I’m going to have to go...
2010-12-20
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Would You Like To Play A Game?
Do you have a favorite line from a holiday movie? Can you change it around slightly to make it SQL...
2010-12-20
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Another Lunch Story
Lately I’ve been having some unusual lunches, starting with the bbq fiasco from last week. For this one I have...
2010-12-20
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Iron Chef Returns to SQL Saturday Tampa - Jan 15 2011
SQL Stadium will be crowded with anticipation very soon in Tampa. Come watch as Adam Jorgensen takes on a challenger...
2010-12-20
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The iPad/SQL Monitor Results
I ended up with 131 posts (1 late hit, sorry), not counting any duplicates with Brent or Steve. It was...
2010-12-20
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Turn Off AutoShrink!
This is kind of a follow up to a post I published last week regarding autogrowth. A forum poster said...
2010-12-20
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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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Searching for my own posts
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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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Question of the Day
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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