When should I use a CTE?
If I had a dollar for every CTE solution to a simple query in the forums (pick any SQL forum), I’d...
2016-08-27
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Blog Posts
An MCM teaches COMMENTS at SQL Saturday OKC
Edit: SQL Sat OKC has come and gone, but the new session on comments is recorded and up on the MidnightDBA Events...
2016-08-26
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Go, Go, Golang!
WHAT!
Yep, you read that right. I’m building tools in Go.
I can hear you now…. But Wes you are a SQL...
2016-08-26 (first published: 2016-08-17)
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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...
2016-08-26 (first published: 2016-08-18)
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Organizing a SQL Saturday – Part 1 – Why Do It?
To kick off this series, I thought it would be worthwhile to discuss why it is I step up to...
2016-08-26
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TGI SQL Friday – Weekly round up 26th August 2016
The SQL Server news this week is there is no news!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/newswatch/history/noflash/html/1930s.stm
No this is not the 1930’s BBC.
There are no...
2016-08-26
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I’m speaking at SQL Saturday 563 in Dallas
This will be my second time speaking at SQL Saturday in Dallas. My first was last year and it was...
2016-08-25
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RBAR vs Batch
Many years ago Jeff Moden (of SQL Server Central fame) came up with the concept of RBAR. Row-By-Agonizing-Row. At it’s...
2016-08-25 (first published: 2016-08-17)
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Speaking at SQLSaturday #555, Munich 2016
I am very honoured to share that I have been picked up to speak at the German SQLSaturday in Munich...
2016-08-25
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SQL Saturday–Viking Edition
I’m off to the Viking Ship Museum for SQL Saturday #532. Actually, the Viking Museum will (hopefully) be a side...
2016-08-25
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Blogs
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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