Back Yourself Up
Ever thought about yourself as a resource that should be backed up to minimize your loss?
2018-09-05
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Hakim Ali
Birds of a Feather
What makes SQL Server professionals stick together? Can we draw any conclusions from this?
2017-07-10
143 reads
What Kind of DBA Are You?
Are you a do-it-all DBA, or do you specialize in one aspect of database work?
2015-09-07
315 reads
Why It's Good To Be Wrong
Today we have a guest editorial from Hakim Ali. Being wrong is not as bad as you may think.
2012-07-11
455 reads
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Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers