PASS Update #50-January 2010 Board Meeting
This post is my thoughts on the Board meeting, and my views on related topics. I encourage you to read...
2011-01-31
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SQLAndy
MySQL Saves You From Missing Where Clause, Sorta
I’ve been taking a look at MySQL after a long absence to help a client decide if it should be...
2011-01-28
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Two Profiler Tips
I’ve had occasion to watch a lot of people try Profiler, and to hear a lot more about their previous...
2011-01-27
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A Banner Day for SQLRally
Help us promote our upcoming PASS events by including any or all of these on your blog or in your...
2011-01-25
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PASS Update #49–SQLRally
I get a lot of questions about how SQLRally is going, which tells me that there is a lot of...
2011-01-20
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New PASS Chapter in Orlando–MagicPASS
Kendal Van Dyke is launching a new PASS Chapter called MagicPASS in Orlando this week, with the first meeting on...
2011-01-19
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Notes from SQLSaturday #62
The weekend started with a later afternoon drive to Tampa, returning a couple calls and then chatting with Steve Jones...
2011-01-17
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Quietly Professional
The conventional wisdom tends to hold that you should trumpet your accomplishments to your boss, though in a way that...
2011-01-11
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SSC Editorial: Clouds in our Future
I wrote Clouds in our Future to see if I could spark a good conversation about the mental shift required...
2011-01-10
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Changes to the PASS Board
The official announcement was posted yesterday that Jeremiah Peschka and Brian Moran have decided to resign from the Board and...
2011-01-09
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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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