What Exactly is the “Data Platform” Nowadays?

[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] A couple of months ago I was presenting at SQL Saturday Melbourne (582) on Azure Cognitive Services and got chatting with some of the...

Agent Phases in VSTS Deployment

VSTS (Visual Studio Team Services) continues to grow and change over time. It seems every few months I see some...

Changing the SQLSaturday Logo?

I read with interest the post from Bob Pusateri that discusses what seems to be the next iteration of the...

Don’t Duck On Responsibilities

Being a data professional you assume a certain amount of responsibility. It often requires having the right attitude and an...

Making VSTS Deployment Changes to Databases without Breaking Your Application

One of the things that I do a lot is demo changes to databases with CI/CD in a DevOps fashion....

Normal approximation to binomial distribution using T-SQL and R

In the previous post I demonstrated the use of binomial formula to calculate probabilities of events occurring in certain situations....

The Age of Data and Software Development

I am so excited to be a data professional in the modern era. Yeah, 15-20 years ago, it was cool...

The Binomial Formula with T-SQL and R

In a previous post I explained the basics of probability. In this post I will use some of those principles to...

Time for a Change

I am ecstatic to say I have joined Denny Cherry and Associates Consulting.

Lone No More
I am happy, excited, and nostalgic...

What is the “cost” in Cost Threshold for Parallelism?

tl;dr; While at one point the cost of a query was an estimated time to run in seconds, today it’s...