SQL Saturday 151 BI Pre-con: Stacia Misner
Hello Dear Reader, SQL Saturday 151 Orlando is picking up steam. The Pre-Con’s have been named and they are fantastic. ...
2012-08-16
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Blog Posts
Unwanted dependency between different parts of the code
Small systems tend to grow with new functionality and new access points. When the system grows, the need for data...
2012-08-16
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Where’s My Certificate Backup?
If you’re like me, you take advantage of the default backup paths in SQL Server. It makes my code cleaner,...
2012-08-16
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#meme15: Reasons I Like My Job
When Jason ( B | T ) posted this assignment, I thought it would be a fun topic to write on. Before I...
2012-08-15
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At the End of One Chapter and the Beginning of a New Chapter
I have been told by hundreds of DBAs that I have the best DBA job in the world as Director...
2012-08-15
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Being Right, the Other Side
I read an excellent article by Camille Fournier about the importance of recognizing that being right is not the only...
2012-08-15
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Dealing with negative session ids
Hello? Mr. DBA? Have you got a moment?
So there you are, enjoying one of the few quiet moments of your...
2012-08-15
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Dear #SQLAwesomesauce: Is this idea batsh** crazy?
I’ve been out of town and off the grid – nothing like 10 days of family camping and roadtripping to unwind!...
2012-08-15
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Excel 2013 and BI
On July 16, 2012, Office 2013 Preview was released to the public (download). Excel 2013 now includes a lot of the...
2012-08-15
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Find failed SQL Agent jobs using Transact-SQL script
Today, I’m sharing the following T-SQL script which you can use to find which SQL Server Agent Jobs failed yesterday....
2012-08-15
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Blogs
The Book of Redgate: SQL Server Central
By Steve Jones
It was neat to stumble on this in the book, a piece by me,...
Git forked
Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
Setting FK Constraints in Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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