2009 Goals in Review
Late last year, I blogged about some goals I had set for myself to accomplish during 2009. No goal-setting session...
2010-01-01
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Tim Mitchell
The Numbers Don’t Lie… Except When They Do
There are few things more reassuring for a data professional than having clean, consistent data to back up critical business...
2009-12-08
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements for December 2009
Next week, I have the honor of presenting two different sessions on SSIS. These 2 events are the last speaking...
2009-12-07
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Electronic Health Records – What’s the Big Deal? (Part 3)
In the previous post in this series, I discussed the obstacles to implementing electronic health data systems. Because of these...
2009-12-03
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BIDN.com Launch Today
For those interested in the SQL Server BI space, there is a new online resource launching today. Brian Knight and...
2009-12-01
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SQL Saturday Dallas – Registration and Call for Speakers is Open!
I’m happy to announce that SQL Saturday Dallas is officially scheduled, and the registration and call for speakers is open. ...
2009-11-30
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Ft. Worth SQL Server User Group Meeting Recap
I’d like to say thanks to Andy and Judith over at the Ft. Worth SQL Server User Group for having...
2009-11-26
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Speaking at Ft. Worth SQL Server UG on Wednesday
If you’re in the Ft. Worth area next Wednesday, November 18, please join me at the Ft. Worth SQL Server...
2009-11-13
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SQL PASS Summit 2009 – Parting Thoughts
So now that we’re 7 days removed from the end of the SQL PASS summit, I’ve finally managed to arrange...
2009-11-13
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SQL PASS Summit 2009 – Day 3
The day started off with the Quest Software breakfast presentation, to which I arrived late to find a standing-room-only crowd. ...
2009-11-04
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Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optimism Without Illusion or Why...
SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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