Do You Document Your SQL Server Instances?
When I was a novice DBA, I spent little time documenting my SQL Servers. But as I became more experienced,...
2012-06-12 (first published: 2012-06-05)
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturday Pensacola presentation file downloads
I had a great weekend at my fourth annual visit to Pensacola for SQL Saturday, which had many great sponsors,...
2012-06-12
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SQL Server 2005 Diagnostic Information Queries (June 2012)
Here is the latest version of my SQL Server 2005 Diagnostic Information Queries, with some minor tweaks and improvements, including...
2012-06-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #31 – Bulk-Logged Recovery Model and Point-in-time Restore
T-SQL Tuesday #31 – Bulk-Logged Recovery Model and Point-in-time Restore
This blog entry is participating in T-SQL Tuesday #31, hosted this month...
2012-06-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #31 – Logging
It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again, and this month Aaron Nelson (blog | @sqlvariant) is hosting. The topic is logging, and if...
2012-06-12
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T-SQL Tuesday #31 – Logging
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Aaron Nelson (@SQLvariant | Blog). The topic is about logging. Many will talk about...
2012-06-12
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Using PowerPivot to Monitor Reporting Services
PowerPivot is a powerful new tool from Microsoft that has been improved even more in the 2012 release, which you...
2012-06-12
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Creating a Filetable
How do you create a filetable? I assume you’ve enabled Filestream and created a filegroup for your filestream and filetable...
2012-06-11 (first published: 2012-06-05)
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ORM Tools
ORM tools. They’re great. They’re evil.
In the right hands, used the proper way, they can be a very powerful, very...
2012-06-11
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Performance reviews – Self-evaluations
My annual performance review at work is coming up shortly, and this year they’ve decided to do things a bit...
2012-06-11
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Blogs
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...
Webinar: Navigating the Database Landscape in 2026
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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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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