My Favorite Bad Movie
My favorite bad movie is The Master Gunfighter starring Tom Laughlin of Billy Jack fame. It’s a Western, and he’s...
2009-06-25
1,498 reads
Blog Posts
Plug for a Cool Catalog
Ran across the Levenger site while researching laptop bags and it’s branded as ‘tools for serious readers’. Some of it...
2009-06-25
1,444 reads
Powershell + SMO Error Handling Tips
Allen White posted a helpful post on SMO error handling with Powershell. Actually the same concept equally applies to SMO...
2009-06-25
1,669 reads
Better Know A SSIS Transform – The Sort Transform
This is part 2 of my 29 part series called Better Know A SSIS Transform. Hopefully you will find the...
2009-06-24
8,661 reads
Dell Mini – The Follow Up
Back in January I posted about purchasing a Dell Mini 9, wanting to see what how it worked and a...
2009-06-24
1,370 reads
SQL Server 2008 Encryption - Extensible Key Management
One of the new features with SQL Server 2008 is the addition of extensible key management, allowing hardware devices to...
2009-06-24
3,951 reads
What’s the Typical Resignation Notice Period for DBAs?
I was recently talking to a friend from the U.K about how much notice a DBA should give to their...
2009-06-24
2,006 reads
Why Do I Blog?
It's late, it's been a busy day, so why bother to spend 10 or 15 minutes at night jotting things...
2009-06-24
1,494 reads
Windows 7 Issues
I went to add a few things to the new Windows 7 desktop today, and of course I have installer...
2009-06-24
788 reads
Clear Ceases Operations
Saw this in email this morning, Clear has ceased operations after failing to negotiate with its senior creditor. I’ve written...
2009-06-23
623 reads
Blogs
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
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...
Forums
Microsoft Security Changes and SQL Server
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Expanding into Print
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Downtime Caused by the Postgres Transaction ID Wraparound Problem
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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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