AI Is Improving Security
AI LLMs can help find bugs, especially security vulnerabilities, in code. That appears to be happening with SQL Server.
Stairway to DAX and Power BI - Level 29: The DAX Combine & Aggregate Functions
Business Intelligence Architect, Data Analyst, CPA, and author Bill Pearson continues a subseries surrounding the DAX Text Functions, and breaks out the next operational group within Text functions, the “Combine and Aggregate Functions” group, including the CONCATENATE(), CONCATENATEX, and COMBINEVALUES() functions as the focus of this Level. He identifies and examines each functional member of this “Combine and Aggregate” group, discussing for each its respective syntax, uses, and operation, while providing hands-on exposure to it in Power BI.
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Making an Impression
The job market is tough and Steve has some advice today on how you approach your career.
MiniMax m3 and SQL Server
Learn how you can download and run a local model to help with your SQL Server work.
Strip double quotes from an import file in Integration Services SSIS
When loading data using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to import data from a CSV file, every single one of the columns in the CSV file has double quotes around the data. When using the Data Flow Task to import the data I have double quotes around all of the imported data. How can I import the data and remove the double quotes?
What Did Healthy Look Like?
Every cloud migration plan has a cutover date but very few have a record of what healthy looked like before the move, and that’s the gap that lands on your desk two weeks later.
Choose the Second One
Steve talks software design and architecture today with an interesting idea: design it twice.
PostgreSQL in action with Opensearch
Learn about using Opensearch with PostgreSQL to improve performance and quickly return results to your users.
How to run PostgreSQL in Docker
Get PostgreSQL running in Docker in minutes with this step-by-step setup guide. Learn to pull the image and run a container
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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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