No two SQL Server environments are alike. A fix that resolves a performance issue in one environment may not work in another because every SQL Server instance has different...
2026-08-21 (first published: 2026-08-04)
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Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database is another great tool for learning SQL. You can even use it for low-traffic or...
2026-08-14 (first published: 2026-07-30)
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Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo subscription cost. This was meant for a private demo so I can learn more about...
2026-08-13
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I needed to do some research because there is more to #temp tables than simply creating one and using it. As I started digging into the topic, I realized...
2026-08-11
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Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against a local Azure SQL Database Developer container — the same engine as the cloud, running...
2026-08-10 (first published: 2026-07-26)
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Security on your SQL Server is important. That doesn’t need any explaining. But where do you start when evaluating the security of your SQL Server? If you are like...
2026-08-06
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The idea behind Azure SQL Developer is for anyone to build, iterate, and test locally at no cost. This means NO Azure subscription to deal with and NO credit...
2026-08-03 (first published: 2026-07-23)
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In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack container in a Macbook. If you are like me who switched from a Windows laptop...
2026-07-29 (first published: 2026-07-20)
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Say you need outside help. You’ve exhausted all the things that you could do and, still, nothing works. So, you decide that calling in for help is the next...
2026-07-24 (first published: 2026-07-16)
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My old Dell XPS that I used for personal stuff started to degrade; well, it's old, and it has already served past its useful life. So, a few months...
2026-07-22 (first published: 2026-07-13)
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By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
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