SQL Server Data Mining Programmability
Learn more about the new APIs for data mining in SQL Server 2005, and get an introduction to several common development scenarios.
Creating a Publication - SQL School Video
This SQL School video looks at how you add a publication to a replication scenario.
Displaying a Pop-up message in SSRS 2005
Validates user parameter and displays a pop-up message to the user and handles users response.
SQL Lunch with the Baton Rouge Area SQL Users Group
Every other Monday is a lunch for the SQL Server group in Baton Rouge. If you live nearby, or are in the area, plan on attending.
Auditing in SQL Server 2008
This paper provides a comprehensive description of the new feature along with usage guidance and then provides some practical examples.
Key column of a dimension in SSAS
When defining the attribute, we always specify the surrogate key as the key column for any attribute. I was just thinking if we could make use of the natural key instead of the surrogate key. i.e., in case of a product attribute, the surrogate key say...
Using The File System Task in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
This article examines the File System Task which can perform numerous operations on files and directories such as create, move, delete, and also to set the attributes of files and folders.
Manage Your Career
The person responsible for your career is you. Steve Jones gives you a few thoughts on how you might approach your career.
SCOME - Setting Up Your Remote Servers - Part 2
Continuing with his series on how to centrally monitor your SQL Servers, Drew Salem looks at how to set up remote servers.
Getting the SSIS package store to work with a SQL Server named instance
We have a named SQL instance and I am able to connect to the instance, but when I try to view the SSIS packages stored in the MSDB database I get an error. This does not happen with our default instances. Is there an additional setting that must be changed to get this to work?
Blogs
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...
Why I stopped using MCP for AI coding stuff
By HeyMo0sh
Something has shifted quietly in 2026. The developers I know/respect—the ones actually shipping, not...
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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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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