SQL Server Database Migration Pitfalls (and How to Fix Them)
Database migrations are where great product ideas go to die—unless you plan for SQL Server’s quirks and the realities of...
2025-11-21 (first published: 2025-11-05)
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There are some fundamental boxes that your reporting system must tick. ✅ The figures must be accurate A good reporting solution can be trusted. A bad one causes confusion...
2025-11-21 (first published: 2025-11-02)
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The Power BI Enhanced Report Format (PBIR) will soon become the default, and that’s a good thing because it significantly makes git integration easier. You can already enable it...
2025-11-20 (first published: 2025-11-18)
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I wrote a piece on the new SUBSTRING in SQL Server 2025 and got asked a question. How do we get the last last name, such as only getting...
2025-11-19
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User Defined Functions is a new feature in PowerBI currently in public preview. There is a lot of buzz in the air regarding this because it opens new scenarios...
2025-11-19 (first published: 2025-11-04)
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Every Scooby-Doo episode has one thing in common — there’s always a fake ghost. Sometimes, that “ghost” is really just a guy in a mask trying to scare everyone...
2025-11-19 (first published: 2025-11-04)
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The terminology around reliability is a mess If you’ve ever said, “We’re covered, it’s replicated,” you’re in good company. SQL Server is a massive, 35+ year-old product that...
2025-11-19
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Holy cow FabCon Vienna was incredible! This recap is extremely delayed because I’ve run into some serious decision fatigue about what to include (and my amazing hubby got me...
2025-11-18
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Short version You want to get this running as fast as possible. Do these four steps, and then check the compatibility section later in this post. Step 1: Install...
2025-11-18
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If you aren’t watching the Ignite keynotes today, then you might have missed the announcement that SQL Server 2025 officially releases today. The main SQL Server page gives you...
2025-11-18
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By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
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What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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