Goals for 2024
Way back in 2019 I set some goals…. well I wrote some goals and posted them here 2019 seems a lifetime ago…..that was the year I travelled 200,000 air...
2024-03-20
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Blog Posts
How to Retrieve all the Spark Session Configuration Variables in Microsoft Fabric
I was trying some stuff out in a notebook on top of a Microsoft Fabric Lakehouse. I was wondering what some of the default values are of the configuration...
2024-03-20 (first published: 2024-03-13)
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DataTune Nashville 2024 Recap
DataTune 2024 was a huge success! Thank you so much to the organizers who spent countless months planning and making this an incredible conference! It was so great to...
2024-03-18 (first published: 2024-03-11)
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Introduction to OpenAI and LLMs
I focus most of my blog posts on the data platform and how companies can make better business decisions using structured data (think SQL tables), but I’m seeing more...
2024-03-18 (first published: 2024-03-11)
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A New Word: Malotype
malotype– n. a certain person who embodies all the things you like the least about yourself – a seeming caricature of your worst tendencies – which leave you feeling...
2024-03-15
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Friday Flyway Tips–Undoing Development Changes
I had a customer ask about undoing changes made by developers, similar to what SQL Source Control does. I had to do a little research to show how to...
2024-03-15 (first published: 2024-03-08)
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Webcast on SQL Server Administration
I will be giving another Microsoft SQL Server-based webcast, this time on the administration of Microsoft SQL Server. The webcast is scheduled for March 26, 2024 at 1 PM...
2024-03-15 (first published: 2024-03-08)
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Atlanta for Two Days
Today is the first Redgate Summit of 2024 in Atlanta. I flew to town yesterday, There is a packed schedule, which is mostly repeated at our other events coming...
2024-03-13
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Don't Trust the Defaults
(2024-Mar-08) Software installation typically involves several steps. After accepting the license agreement, you may have an express option to streamline the installation process by accepting all defaults, including the installation...
2024-03-13 (first published: 2024-03-08)
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How Can Data Empower Leaders
Using data effectively, leaders can make better decisions, drive innovation, and inspire trust. What is leadership through data? Leadership that utilizes data is the ability to use data as...
2024-03-13 (first published: 2024-03-07)
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Blogs
A Small LLM Fail
By Steve Jones
Another test with Copilot in SSMS (v22 P3) that didn’t go so well. This...
Unused Indexes in SQL Server: Find them, vet them, and drop them safely
Unused Indexes in SQL Server: Find them, vet them, and drop them safely Indexes are...
T-SQL Tuesday #191 Round Up
By Steve Jones
I hosted this month, late as it turns out, but we still had a...
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