Goodbye, 2013
For me, 2013 was one of the most interesting and busy years of my life. It was a good year...
2014-01-01
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Tim Mitchell
MVP Award for 2014
Earlier this morning I received a notification from the Microsoft MVP program that I’ve been recognized as a SQL Server...
2014-01-01
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PASS Summit 2013 Keynote, Day 2
Today is the second day of the 2013 SQL PASS Summit, and I’m again live blogging the event.
8:15: Here...
2013-10-17
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PASS Summit 2013 Keynote, Day 1
Today is the first full day of the PASS Summit 2013 conference. This year I’m again joining the blogger table...
2013-10-16
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It’s Election Season
It’s that time of the year again – time to make your voice heard as a PASS member. The PASS board...
2013-09-25
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SQL Saturday 223 OKC
This past weekend I made the relatively short (about 3 hours) trip to the Oklahoma City area to attend and...
2013-08-26
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My event schedule for Fall 2013
As I was browsing my calendar of upcoming events for the remainder of the summer and the fall, I realized...
2013-08-16
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Join me for the 2013 Biml Workshop
Of the many emerging technologies I’m currently using, there’s nothing that excites me more than Biml. If you’re not familiar...
2013-08-21 (first published: 2013-08-14)
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Continue Package Execution After Error in SSIS
When it comes to ETL, I’m a pessimist. Until proven otherwise, I assume that all data is bad, all connections...
2013-08-05
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Are you really an expert?
Through the course of my career, I’ve spent time on both sides of the job interview table, which has given...
2013-08-02
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Blogs
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
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,...
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
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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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