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A Small LLM Fail

Posted on October 29, 2025 by way0utwest

Another test with Copilot in SSMS (v22 P3) that didn’t go so well. This one surprised me. This is part of a series of experiments with AI systems. Looking for Known Data with Copilot One of the things I wanted … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #191 Round Up

Posted on October 28, 2025 by way0utwest

I hosted this month, late as it turns out, but we still had a few entries. Here’s a look at the blogs people published. First as always, Rob Farley writes about the complexity of string parsing, using TVFs. He also … Continue reading →

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SQL Clone at Scale with Striped Backups

Posted on October 27, 2025 by way0utwest

I had a customer recently reach out to ask if SQL Clone would work with 20 backup files. I decided to test this. This is part of a series of posts on SQL Clone, which is a virtualization product from … Continue reading →

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Advice I Like: Training Employees

Posted on October 24, 2025 by way0utwest

Train employees well enough that they could get another job but treat them well enough that they never want to. – from Excellent Advice for Living This one is close to my heart. I firmly believe that you need to … Continue reading →

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