Free Training 24HOP
In my sessions, I always talk about how to build your skill set when you don’t have a budget for...
2018-04-18
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SQLEspresso
Template Explorer Gold Mine
Sometimes as a newbie to SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) you don’t know about the little gold...
2018-03-27
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SQL Server Updates Tricked Me for Years
When applying a new SQL Server cumulative update, hot fix, or upgrade SQL Server doesn’t always apply all the fixes...
2018-02-21
1,219 reads
Bloggers Should Have Reach
One of my goals for 2018 is to expand the reach of my blog.
As a blogger starting out I had...
2018-02-14
318 reads
Expanding My Reach
I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to expand my writing with my first Simple-Talk article posted. Simple- Talk is technical journal and...
2018-02-07
314 reads
Can You Hear It Now?
Here is a quick blog to show you something I discovered that I didn’t know existed.
I was on a Skype...
2018-01-31
385 reads
Maintaining Balance
Last week, I got the chance to give my I’m It Survival Tips for the Lone DBA in a webcast for the first...
2018-02-09 (first published: 2018-01-24)
1,648 reads
How to get started with Always Encrypted for Beginners Part 3: One Two Punch
A few weeks ago, I wrote Part 1 and 2 of this series, which was a beginner’s guide to Always...
2018-01-17
781 reads
It’s All in the Name, Index Naming Conventions
Awhile back, if you are on Twitter, you can probably recall my ranting about the 949 indexes I was reviewing....
2018-01-10
1,710 reads
AHHH I need a Blog Topic!!!
One of the hardest things you can do as a blogger is to come up with a post topic. Do...
2017-12-20
341 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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String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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