Significant Achievements
As a few of you know, I took the Microsoft Certified Master (MCM): SQL Server 2008 lab at this year’s...
2012-11-28
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StrateSQL
Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysreferences
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-28
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Querying Performance Counters in SQL Server
In a previous post, there was a comparison between sysperfinfo and sys.dm_os_performance_counters which included the use of a simple query. ...
2012-12-06 (first published: 2012-11-27)
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Help Bring #SQLFamily to Fargo, North Dakota
Did you know that a SQL Saturday in Fargo is in the works? If not them, hey… there’s a SQL...
2012-11-30 (first published: 2012-11-26)
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Cyber Monday: Performance Indexing Book is $15
Ever thought you could learn a little bit more about indexing? Now here’s the perfect opportunity. Today only you can...
2012-11-26
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Last Weeks Top 10 “Reading” Links #8
Throughout the week, I like to tweet links to the things that I’ve been reading. Since they all come out through out...
2012-11-26
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Reblog: November 16 to November 22
Welcome to this Friday’s reblog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer...
2012-11-23
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysperfinfo
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-22
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysobjects
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-22
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Lost in Translation – Deprecated System Tables – sysusers
This post is part of a blog series which focuses on translating compatibility views in SQL Server to their respective...
2012-11-21
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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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