Using Extended Events in Azure
Over the past 6 months I have been trying to push myself to use extended events (XEvents) over SQL trace,...
2017-02-10 (first published: 2017-02-06)
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Blog Posts
YouTubing Down the SQL Server River
I recently stumbled on a YouTube channel from one of my favorite SQLPeople - she is sharp (and an MCM) and...
2017-02-10
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Consumption Based Architecture for Modern Data Analytics
Throughout many years of working with BI solutions and data warehouse solutions, we have strived to put all the data...
2017-02-09
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Getting Started with Power BI: Getting Data (Part 2 of 3)
This is part 2 of the Getting Started with Power BI series. Power BI is a powerful reporting and dashboarding...
2017-02-09
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Monitoring SLAs with SQL Monitor Reporting
Proactive Reporting for SQL Server
If you’re a return reader of this blog you know I write often about monitoring and...
2017-02-09 (first published: 2017-02-04)
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Opening the PowerShell ISE from Explorer
This is a cool productivity trip, and one that I ran into by accident. I had heard that I could...
2017-02-09
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Speaking at Triad Developer’s Conference
I am honored to have been recommended by a colleague and selected as a speaker for the Triad Developer’s Conference...
2017-02-09
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SQL: Different ways to generate sequence
There was a question from the op regarding adding a new column to a query output by generating the cyclic...
2017-02-09 (first published: 2017-02-06)
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How the SQL Agent Job schedule_uid broke my heart, and my jobs!
This is something that has caused me some grief in my life as a DBA. I hesitate to call it...
2017-02-08 (first published: 2017-02-03)
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IoT Hub vs. Event Hub
There can sometimes be confusion, in IoT scenarios, between IoT Hub and Event Hub, as they can both be valid...
2017-02-08
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Blogs
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
The STIG is detailed, which is a good thing, but I found myself wanting...
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RegEx Functions III
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Optimized Locking in SQL Server 2025: Fewer Locks, Less Blocking, and the Cases It Cannot Fix
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Finely Tuned Models
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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