DeepSeek: What is new with this AI technology?
Learn how the DeepSeek GenAI LLM works and see how it produces SQL code.
2025-03-31
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Daniel Calbimonte
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How to use the Azure Emulator to create blob containers, queues and tables
Learn how to emulate Azure storage for files, blogs, and queues.
2025-02-24
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SQL Database Project in Azure Data Studio
Learn how to create and modify a database project in Azure Data Studio.
2025-02-10
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2024-10-21
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2024-09-09
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Git, GitHub and Visual Studio Code for SQL Server
Learn how to get started with Git and Visual Studio Code.
2024-08-05
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How to use Jupyter Notebook in VSCode
Learn how you can create and use a Jupyter Notebook in VS Code.
2024-07-22
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Meet the new Google AI Assistant Gemini
Learn about the new Gemini AI from Google and how this can be used for common tasks, as well summarizing content.
2024-07-08
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2024-06-17
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What is new in Copilot, the new features available
Learn how Daniel Calbimonte is using the AI in Bing to have some fun, write some code, and get help.
2024-05-27
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers