Steve: Not sure if it is still under construction, but I am not able to access http://www.sqlmemorial.org/.

A good introduction to documenting cmdlets! The next step to consider is publishing your entire API (i.e. the help from all your cmdlets together). There is unfortunately no built-in support...

Great cartoon! And very apropos. For those of you feeling the pain, take a look at my just published reference and wallchart The Complete Guide to PowerShell Punctuation[/url]. I have...

Nice introduction to PowerShell! For a bit more geared toward those interested in SQL Server and PowerShell, I wrote a two-part introduction entitled Practical PowerShell for SQL Server Developers and...

Sounds like an enticing project, but I just wanted to mention one small problem: the press release (http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/SQLServerCentral/72501/) does not include a link to the Stairway Series portal...

GSquared (1/11/2011)

I just tested my SSC articles in that, and they all came back with pretty much ideal scores. So I also tested the readability of a page created...

Long ago I heard a similar comment that newspaper articles are aimed at an eighth grade level. On any given day I can usually find a newspaper clipping with confusing,...

I have been a firm believer in properly documented code for a long time. Most of the points I would have added have been covered by blandry's post so no...

Alex:

Technical folks are busy people. Like me, they probably scan through a lot of articles very quickly, the vast majority of which are either (a) not relevant to them or...

Nice algorithm, jcrawf02! I see your point of confusion; let me see if I could shed some light:

As you know, SELECT #holdMe.value FROM #holdMe returns 47 rows (one character in...

Just an FYI: I realized the error of my ways in nomenclature: my next release (due out the end of May) will rename SP_map to just Map. Should not have...

Thanks, Ian, for sending the code bundle along.

Excellent article--clear and concise.

(1) I recently wrote an arn article that might interest you and readers of your article, entitled "Bring Array Mapping Capabilities to SQL" available at

Steve:

I did not see the brouhaha (been waiting all week to use that word 🙂 over the "months with 'a'" question that you mentioned, but IMHO there is not much...