3D Printing for Covid19
A friend tagged me in a Facebook post about a surgical mask strap that had been remixed by a Boy Scout for faster printing and less filament usage. My...
2020-04-24 (first published: 2020-04-13)
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Design patterns (short description)
Here is some short description of GoF design patterns. It is just to remind the explanations. so first you have to understand each design pattern separately.Adapter Pattern: Convert the interface...
2020-04-11
33 reads
Design patterns (short description)
Here is some short description of GoF design patterns. It is just to remind the explanations. so first you have to understand each design pattern separately.Adapter Pattern: Convert the interface...
2020-04-11
96 reads
Database classifications have changed
Some time back I wrote about the new data classification features in Azure and SQL Server Management Studio. If you’ve done quite a bit of work classifying your data...
2020-04-24 (first published: 2020-04-11)
1,002 reads
SQL Server and CPU Hyper-Threading in Virtual Environments
I recommend leaving the hyper-threaded logical cores enabled in the host BIOS, but not depending on them for performance gains. Hyperthreaded CPU cores, or logical cores, should not be...
2020-04-21 (first published: 2020-04-10)
1,613 reads
The Car Game
I started this on Facebook, privately with friends. I heard about it from one of them and liked it. I didn’t get many guesses, so I took a chance...
2020-04-10
257 reads
Daily Coping 10 Apr 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-04-10
23 reads
Daily Coping 9 Apr 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each...
2020-04-09
19 reads
Webinar: How to unlock the value of frequent deployments
I’m doing a webinar next week, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, that looks at some of the learnings from the 2020 State of Database DevOps report. I’ll be discussing...
2020-04-09
31 reads
SSMS 18.5 Fixes from Redgate
I wrote yesterday about the issues with SSMS 18.5 and some of the add-ins from Redgate. I posted the release of the SQL Prompt fix (here: ). The teams...
2020-04-15 (first published: 2020-04-09)
1,863 reads
Blogs
Accept the no and move on
By Brian Kelley
Here is a short emotional intelligence (EI) post for today, courtesy of Seth Godin....
Don’t Fight with AI
By Steve Jones
I was recently trying to handle a simple task with a few AI tools...
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Forums
Searching for my own posts
I have a really stupid question... Is there an easy way to search for...
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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