In this article, learn how PostgreSQL powers data science workflows, including query execution, performance optimization, indexing, data retrieval, and more.
2026-06-12
SQL Saturday Austin 2026 is coming on Jun 27, 2026. A free day of networking, training, and inspiration. Register today and come spend a day with your peers.
2026-06-12
You might notice that the advice you get from Copilot in SSMS isn’t very good, but it isn’t necessarily AI in general. Part of the problem is something specific about SSMS Copilot and the way it prompts LLMs, and I wish I could tell you exactly what it is, but I can’t because I don’t have access to how SSMS is changing your prompts.
2026-06-10
This article shows how you can generate embeddings in SQL Server 2025, store them, and use them in your queries.
2026-06-08
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In this Simple Talk opinion piece, Microsoft certification veteran Dr Greg Low considers – and shares his thoughts on – the recent announcement that many role-based Microsoft certifications are being retired.
2026-06-08
2026-06-05 (first published: 2026-05-06)
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Introduction When developers first learn SQL aggregation, they usually start with the GROUP BY clause. It works well for summary reports because it combines multiple rows into a single result for each group. For example, you can calculate total sales per region or average salary per department. The limitation of GROUP BY appears when you […]
2026-06-05
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Data build tool (dbt) is an open-source command line tool that helps engineers transform data using SQL scripts. However, there are limitations to what can be done with the Structure Query Language (SQL). That is where dbt Python models can be used to perform complex tasks. A dbt Python model is a function that reads […]
2026-06-03
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I got a new laptop recently and instead of installing SQL Server, I decided to try and use containers to see how well this works. This article looks at how I got this working relatively quickly. The short list of things I did is: Install Docker Desktop Create a location for data/logs/etc. Create a docker-compose […]
2026-06-02 (first published: 2024-09-06)
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Learn about the new fuzzy matching functions in SQL Server 2025.
2026-06-01
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By Brian Kelley
The following came across my YouTube feed today. It’s an interview with General James...
By Steve Jones
“You don’t need more time because you already have all the time that you...
I don’t currently manage Microsoft 365 Copilot in an enterprise environment, but it is...
Hi. What is the most difficult aspect of using monitoring software like idera, redgate,...
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