2021-10-08
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data retention
Data Retention: An Inexact Art
A myriad of laws regulate data retention and generally compete with each other. William Brewer provides an introduction to the principles, but gives good advice -- leave the details to the specialists.
2018-04-06
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SQL Server Archive and Data Retention Considerations
Tim Smith looks at what to take into consideration before building a design to archive old data in SQL Server databases.
2015-07-30
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The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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