Daily Coping 20 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to avoid blaming yourself or others. Find a helpful way forward. I’ve been busy lately. My days are jammed up with a number of presentations...
2022-10-20
29 reads
The Voice of the DBA
Daily Coping 19 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to take time to reflect on what you have accomplished recently. What have I done recently? Lots of stuff, but a couple things come out...
2022-10-19
16 reads
Windows 11 Complaints
I upgraded my primary laptop to Windows 11. A few people had said they liked it, I know that I needed to keep up at some point, and in...
2022-10-19
30 reads
Daily Coping 18 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to share an important goal with someone you trust. I’m not sharing an important goal here. Honestly, some of the things that are important to...
2022-10-18
21 reads
An Update to Skipping the Leading Digit in T-SQL–#SQLNewBlogger
There was an interesting question in a forum, which I wrote about before. How do you skip the leading digit in a numeric value. I had looked at a...
2022-10-18 (first published: 2022-10-17)
120 reads
Daily Coping 17 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to make progress on a project or task you have been avoiding Most of the things I do for work are spent looking in the...
2022-10-17
16 reads
Daily Coping 14 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to look for the good in people around you today. I’m working remotely today in New York. I flew up last night to be with...
2022-10-14
28 reads
Daily Coping 13 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to remind yourself that things can change for the better. It can be easy to get upset/sad/depressed/angry/etc. about the way something is in the world....
2022-10-13
9 reads
Goal Progress for Sep 2022
I set goals at the beginning of the year, and I’m tracking my progress in these updates during 2022. Well, clearly I’ve gotten away from my goals. No updates...
2022-10-12
19 reads
Daily Coping 12 Oct 2022
Today’s coping tip is to start your day with the most important thing on your to-do list. I’m writing this on 11 Oct. The most important thing today is...
2022-10-12
22 reads
Blogs
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
Cleaning Up My Blog's SEO and AEO with Claude in GitHub Copilot
I’ve been running this blog on Hugo for a long time, and like most...
Using the SIGN() Function: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was trolling the docs and noticed the SIGN() function. I have never written...
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RegEx Functions I
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RegEx Functions I
Which of these RegEx functions need compatibility level 170 in SQL Server 2025?
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