2014-05-30
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Editorials
No Works of Art
Manual deployments and configuration of software is akin to creating works of art. Not exactly what Steve Jones would like to see if we are to practice software engineering.
2014-05-29
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2014-05-28
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Patching Problems
After some issues with a recent Windows patch, Steve Jones is concerned about the future of software updates.
2014-05-27
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2014-05-26
165 reads
No reason to abandon SQL
The early signs are that we can now run a SQL-based relational database with distributed execution plans over commodity hardware, leaving just the task of splicing together of the result to the engine itself, then why can’t Microsoft or Oracle do it?
2014-05-26
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One Final Patch
Vote for final service packs for SQL Server 2008 and R2. Let Microsoft know that we want regular support across the entire lifecycle.
2014-05-22
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Balancing Learning
How do you determine when you use a new technique or stick with a tried and true method? Steve Jones notes that we try to teach you new things at SQLServerCentral, but do you use them?
2014-05-21
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The Development Backup
Backing up your development environment can be important. After all, aren't your developers producing products that you use?
2014-05-20
150 reads
Patching Problems
Problems with SQL Server after applying the Windows 8.1 update have Steve Jones concerned about software updates.
2014-05-19
102 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
Forums
Dynamic Unpivot
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
Writing as an Art and a Job
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String Similarity II
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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