Cursors and high gas prices
Using cursors is a controversal topic. As a former developer, that is the way I thought about processing data at one...
2008-04-25
1,392 reads
Blog Posts
I've got a date with an Error Log -- Error Logs Part II
Error Logs Part II -- Enumerating the error logs
In my first post on SQL Server Error Logs, I briefly mentioned using...
2008-04-25
1,749 reads
More LINQ Discussion
Steve Jones recently posted an editorial about LINQ and the resulting discussion encapsulates most of the points of view on...
2008-04-24
1,770 reads
Tribute to Jim Gray
Ran across this in the Mar/Apr ACM Queue, http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/IPRO/JimGrayTribute/ will be held at UC Berkeley on May 31st, 2008. Jim Gray...
2008-04-24
1,357 reads
Desktop or Laptop
Most of that do any time of training or consulting typically use laptops, and they are even reasonably common in...
2008-04-23
1,613 reads
Difference between truncate and delete
This is an old topic and well documented, just google it and I believe you will get a lot,
However,...
2008-04-22
2,223 reads
Interesting Web Hosting Option
Ran across this from Mosso, a spin off from Rackspace. Pricing looks very attractive, and there are some interesting twists....
2008-04-22
1,707 reads
SQL Saturday - Jacksonville
I am fairly new to the IT profession, so I think my blog will be great for others trying to...
2008-04-22
1,557 reads
SQLSaturday #4 in Orlando - With a Twist!
As you may know MS Teched is two weeks this year and is being held in Orlando. Turns out that...
2008-04-22
1,327 reads
Information on Dell/Equilogic ISCSI
Our Dell rep sent over this link about Equilogic ISCSI SAN's, pricing is not yet posted but according to him,...
2008-04-21
865 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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