Finding SQL Server Installs with Powershell, Again
But the SQL Listener isn’t started!
Yep, I heard you loud and clear. There is more than one way to find...
2013-04-15
926 reads
Wesley Brown
- Interests: Collecting old computers
- Skills: I talk a lot.
Parsing Glenn Berry’s Diagnostic Information Queries With PowerShell
Do It In Bulk
I usually don’t run queries on just one server. Most of the time I need to get...
2013-04-12
1,258 reads
Finding SQL Server Installs Using Powershell
Old Dog, New Tricks
I’ve been writing tools for SQL Server for a lot of years. Some of these tools were...
2013-02-27
2,432 reads
New Toy: The Brydge iPad Keyboard – Updated
Finally a REAL keyboard for my iPad!
I can’t tell you how long I’ve wanted a real keyboard that my iPad...
2012-11-28
1,280 reads
Quick Tip: SSIS and SAP BW Round 2
Again, frustration.
After almost breaking my arm patting myself on the back getting past my last SAP BW issue I found that...
2012-11-19
1,182 reads
Quick Tip: SSIS and SAP BW
Frustration.
If you have ever had to work with Integration Services and data sources other than the Microsoft variety you know how frustrating...
2012-11-15
3,851 reads
Solid State Storage: Enterprise State Of Affairs
Here In A Flash!
Its been a crazy last few years in the flash storage space. Things really started taking off...
2012-11-07 (first published: 2012-11-05)
2,732 reads
SSIS and Oracle All Your Non-options
Why do some things have to be so hard?
I have been asking myself that question for the better part of...
2012-11-01 (first published: 2012-10-30)
3,463 reads
The Fundamentals of Storage Systems – Shared Consolidated Storage Systems
Shared Consolidated Storage Systems – A Brief History
Hey, “Shared Consolidated Storage Systems” did you just make that up? Why yes, yes...
2012-10-30 (first published: 2012-10-26)
2,493 reads
One Great Day And Mixed Feelings
If it happens two times then you know the first time wasn’t a fluke.
Today was my anniversary date for the SQL Server...
2012-10-02
1,011 reads
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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