Setting DBCC 1222 on startup
The following command is run to gain details on deadlocks.
DBCC TRACEON (1222,-1)
However, once the SQL instance is restarted this...
2016-09-26 (first published: 2016-09-19)
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Sheldon Hull
Remote Desktop Workflow Improvements
Remote server management is a fact of life for folks involved with sql server. Since we work so often with...
2016-08-29
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Remote Desktop Workflow Improvements
Remote server management is a fact of life for folks involved with sql server. Since we work so often with...
2016-08-29
654 reads
SSMS - Connection Color with SQL Prompt & SSMSBoost
If you haven't explored the visual color coding of tabs based on pattern matches with SQL Prompt, I'd suggest you...
2016-08-23
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SSMS - Connection Color with SQL Prompt & SSMSBoost
If you haven't explored the visual color coding of tabs based on pattern matches with SQL Prompt, I'd suggest you...
2016-08-23
1,108 reads
SQL 2016 - Brief Overview on some new features
These are notes taken from the Houston SQL Pass User group from July. This presentation was given by John Cook,...
2016-08-19
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SQL 2016 - Brief Overview on some new features
SQL 2016 - New Functionality
These are notes taken from the Houston SQL Pass User group from July. This presentation was given...
2016-08-19
834 reads
Install ReadyRoll via Command Line
command line install options
ReadyRoll has some great features, including the ability to use without cost on a build server. If...
2016-08-18
263 reads
Install ReadyRoll via Command Line
command line install options
ReadyRoll has some great features, including the ability to use without cost on a build server. If...
2016-08-26 (first published: 2016-08-18)
1,111 reads
Does sp_rename on a column preserve the ms_description?
Did some checking as couldn't find help in the MSDN documentation. My test on SQL 2016 shows that since the...
2016-08-15
77 reads
Blogs
Why I stopped using MCP for AI coding stuff
By HeyMo0sh
Something has shifted quietly in 2026. The developers I know/respect—the ones actually shipping, not...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 5: Notebooks, Hugging face models and Fine Tuning
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 4 where we learned Encoder, Decoder, and Attention Mechanism, today we...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
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Dynamic Unpivot
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
Writing as an Art and a Job
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String Similarity II
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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