Looking Back
In July 2011 I took what felt like a big chance and a detour to lead a large and complex...
2013-04-24
730 reads
SQLAndy
Review of The Way
The Way, starring Martin Sheen and directed by Emilio Estevez has been on my want to watch list for a...
2013-04-23
673 reads
SQLSaturday Philadelphia, Cocoa Beach, Orlando, and Charleston
I’ll be attending and presenting at SQLSaturday #200 in Philadelphia in June, then I’ll be attending the first ever SQLSaturday...
2013-04-22
649 reads
Assorted Links for April 13, 2013
Consider adding Troy Hunt to your feed listGreat post about the role of staffing firms in your job search and...
2013-04-13
623 reads
How Much Power Does Your PC Use?
I can’t say I’ve ever worried too much about how much power my PC uses. I care about battery life...
2013-04-08
766 reads
Failing to Overreach
I’m not sure what put this phrase in my head, though I think in part it came from various posts...
2013-04-03
714 reads
Mo-SQL On A Stick
If you’re involved in the database world it’s hard to have missed the rise of the “no-sql” database products, designed...
2013-04-01
1,019 reads
Office Space–Not The Movie
I’ve worked in a lot of different offices and office layouts over the years. Looking back I’ve been lucky (or...
2013-03-26
985 reads
We Need a Place for SQLFamily News
I’m writing this because I was thinking about a member of the local PASS chapter on the way home last...
2013-03-29 (first published: 2013-03-22)
1,198 reads
Speaking Tomorrow Night at MagicPASS
I’ll be driving south a few miles tomorrow night to talk to the great group at MagicPASS about the basics...
2013-03-19
652 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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