SQL 2016 - Brief Overview on some new features
These are notes taken from the Houston SQL Pass User group from July. This presentation was given by John Cook,...
2016-08-19
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Blog Posts
SQL Saturdays and Why We Have Them
There has been some recent controversy over SQL Saturdays after PASS HQ announced some new changes. The changes introduced a...
2016-08-19 (first published: 2016-08-18)
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TGI SQL Friday - Weekly Roundup Friday 19th August 2016
Its been a lovely week here in the UK as we approach the end of August. Sun has been out,...
2016-08-19
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What’s a Database Pipeline?
One of the things I ran into a few years ago was the idea of a software pipeline. A set...
2016-08-19 (first published: 2016-08-10)
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Are SQL Saturday’s Worth It?
This past weekend I was fortunate enough to be a part of Louisville’s (for those local the ‘ville) SQL Saturday event held...
2016-08-18 (first published: 2016-08-12)
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DawaBI Merges with Quanta Intelligence to Broaden and Deepen our Service Offering
We’ve been working on this for a while now and I’m excited to announce the merger of Quanta Intelligence and...
2016-08-18
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Getting Started With PowerShell on Linux
Getting PowerShell on Linux Well it’s not just an announcement, you can actually get PowerShell on Linux and MacOS right now from GitHub – here!
Installing PowerShell Once you’ve downloaded...
2016-08-18
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Install ReadyRoll via Command Line
command line install options
ReadyRoll has some great features, including the ability to use without cost on a build server. If...
2016-08-18
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Rounding Challenges–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as...
2016-08-18
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SQL Server 2016 Rundown – Session Materials Available
Yesterday evening I had the distinct pleasure of presenting at the Jacksonville SQL Server Users Group on some of the...
2016-08-18
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Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Forums
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
ROLLUP to calculate Month total for all Categories
Good Afternoon, I have built a table with four columns: Period(Month), Category, Numerator, Denominator....
Level 28: DAX Text Functions: The DAX Extract & Modify Functions: LEFT(), RIGHT(), MID(), REPLACE(), SUBSTITUTE()
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Level 28: DAX Text Functions:...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers