Can You See Who Forced a Plan
I had an excellent group of people in Gothenburg Sweden when I taught there and I was asked: Can You See Who Forced a Plan? I didn’t know the...
2024-09-25 (first published: 2024-09-16)
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Blog Posts
Copying Content from One Databricks Unity Catalog Catalog to Another
I had a couple of clients who were moving content from development catalogs to production catalogs for the first time. They wanted to copy the schema and data from...
2024-09-25
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Copying Content from One Databricks Unity Catalog Catalog to Another
I had a couple of clients who were moving content from development catalogs to production catalogs for the first time. They wanted to copy the schema and data from...
2024-09-25
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Copying Content from One Databricks Unity Catalog Catalog to Another
I had a couple of clients who were moving content from development catalogs to production catalogs for the first time. They wanted to copy the schema and data from...
2024-09-25
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Copying Content from One Databricks Unity Catalog Catalog to Another
I had a couple of clients who were moving content from development catalogs to production catalogs for the first time. They wanted to copy the schema and data from...
2024-09-25
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Why Data Analysts Love PostgreSQL (and You Will Too!)
Data analysis is all about wrangling massive datasets. To do that efficiently, you need a database that can handle the pressure. That's why data analysts turn to relational databases,...
2024-09-25 (first published: 2024-09-14)
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Are You Making These Mistakes? Using Standard SQL Functions for Database Queries Like a Pro!
Let's be honest – SQL can be a bit of a beast. At first glance, it seems simple enough. But as you dive deeper, the complexity ramps up. Suddenly,...
2024-09-23
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Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server and Entra Groups
My company is moving from an Azure PostgreSQL single server to a flexible server. We want to set up managed identity/Entra access instead of having roles with passwords for...
2024-09-23 (first published: 2024-09-05)
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Microsoft Purview FAQ
I get many of the same questions about Microsoft Purview, so I wanted to list those common questions here along with their answers. If your question is not answered...
2024-09-23 (first published: 2024-09-12)
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Small Data SF 2024
I have often made an effort to attend conferences in the past to grow my career. Even today, when I speak at a conference, I’ll try to go to...
2024-09-23
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Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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