Thanks all for joining me for two sessions at SQLSaturday Minnesota 2023, and for great feedback and questions. I'm always a big supporter of SQLSaturday events whenever I can...
2022-12-04 (first published: 2022-12-03)
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A late-breaking change that arrived in SQL Server 2022 is an important one that could be a new line item in your health checks.
The basics:
Starting with SQL Server 2022,...
2022-11-30 (first published: 2022-11-17)
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Looking forward to speaking in Seattle at next week's PASS Data Community Summit by Redgate. I'll be speaking both as a representative of my role on the Microsoft Database...
2022-11-11
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The READ UNCOMMITTED isolation level, which the NOLOCK table hint activates, is not to be trusted when it comes to writing data. You are not always protected by error...
2022-09-07 (first published: 2022-08-25)
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Looking forward to jambalaya at #SQLSatBR in THIS SATURDAY! Also looking forward to speaking and seeing all of you there, I guess... Register today: https://sqlsaturday.com/2022-08-06-sqlsaturday1026/After I stepped down from the...
2022-08-02 (first published: 2022-08-01)
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Christine and I are looking forward to speaking at the Improving Edge conference, co-presenting our session on Monday, June 6th. Our presentation on “Ethics in Modern Data” features topics relevant...
2022-06-03
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A question came up recently concerning whether it was still possible to connect to .xlsx Excel files as SQL Server linked servers.
Short answer: Yes, it's possible as recently as...
2021-11-26 (first published: 2021-11-05)
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On Sept 16, Christine and I presented our joint presentation on Ethics in Modern Data at the Music City Tech 2021 Virtual Conference. Thanks for joining our presentation!
This session explores a...
2021-09-16
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This Saturday Aug 7, Christine and I will present our joint presentation on Ethics in Modern Data.
This session will explore a variety of considerations that modern data scientists and...
2021-08-03
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On July 27, Christine and I will present our joint presentation on Ethics in Modern Data. Looking forward to speaking at yet another technical user community looking to jumpstart...
2021-07-27
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By Daniel Janik
The circle cylinder of life Maybe you’ve noticed all the twenty somethings tight rolling...
By Chris Yates
In today’s data-driven economy, organizations are no longer asking if they should invest in...
By Rohit Garg
PostgreSQL, often referred to as Postgres, is a powerful, open-source object-relational database system that...
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I have this table in SQL Server 2022:
CREATE TABLE CustomerLarge (CustomerID INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1) CONSTRAINT CustomerLargePK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED , CustomerName VARCHAR(20) , CustomerContactFirstName VARCHAR(40) , CustomerContactLastName VARCHAR(40) , Address VARCHAR(20) , Address2 VARCHAR(20) , City VARCHAR(20) , CountryCode CHAR(3) , Postal VARCHAR(20) ) GOIf I check the columns_updated() function return in a trigger, what is the data returned? See possible answers