I’m Speaking!
After a long hiatus of not blogging, I’m trying to get back into writing. So, to kick it off first thing in 2024, I’m speaking! I’m honored to have been...
2024-01-19
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Blog Posts
Prompt EAP AI Experiments: Creating a History Table
SQL Prompt has an EAP using an AI model to help write code. I’ve been lightly experimenting with it, since I think AI is an interesting tech and it’s...
2024-01-19 (first published: 2024-01-05)
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Counting cars with Azure’s Computer Vision service
When I was 11 I got my first computer, an 8088 with 4.5 mhz. I didn’t know much about computers at the time but I knew it was cool....
2024-01-17 (first published: 2024-01-04)
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Finding Foreign Keys in Azure SQL DB
There are plenty of times I’m called upon to fix data. To do this, I must know what dependencies are in the database. Foreign keys are a crucial aspect...
2024-01-17 (first published: 2024-01-02)
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New Pluralsight Course - Certified Kubernetes Administrator - Kubernetes Foundations
We’re kicking off a major refresh of my Certified Kubernetes Administrator series at Pluralsight!
The first course “Certified Kubernetes Administrator: Kubernetes Foundations” in the updated series is now available on...
2024-01-17
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Spark Connect Dotnet First Major Milestone
All Spark Connect Posts
When I wrote the spark-connect-dotnet lib I didn’t envisage that I would implement every function, instead it would be a combination of implementing the most common...
2024-01-17
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Power BI Embedding: Essential Learning Resources
Introduction
In this blog, you will find valuable resources to help you better understand the Power BI Embedding feature. Whether you are looking for ways to integrate Power BI into...
2024-01-15 (first published: 2024-01-03)
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Updating Teslamate to the Latest Version
I noticed Teslamate wasn’t updated. In fact, I hadn’t had any data captured in nearly a month and I’ve been too busy to notice. I was concerned something had...
2024-01-15
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A New Word: Candling
candling – v. intr. the habit of taking stock of your life on the occasion of your birthday, letting it serve as a kind of internal referendum on all...
2024-01-12
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Baby Steps and Continuous Improvement
It’s the last Friday of the year and I’ve been struggling to think of a good way to close things ... Continue reading
2024-01-12 (first published: 2023-12-29)
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Blogs
Runing tSQLt Tests with Claude
By Ed Elliott
Running tSQLt unit tests is great from Visual Studio but my development workflow...
Getting Your Data GenAI-Ready: The Next Stage of Data Maturity
By James Serra
I remember a meeting where a client’s CEO leaned in and asked me, “So,...
Learn Better: Pause to Review More
By Brian Kelley
If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
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The Long Name
I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?