Best Practice Tip #1: Beware of Best Practices

Best Practice Tip #1: Beware of Best Practices

It may sound contractionary that the first item of a best practices list is to be wary of...

Friday Flyway Tips–Linking a GitHub Issue to a Code Commit

Recently I was doing a demo and a customer asked how I had linked my commit in Azure DevOps to the work item that existed. It’s easy, and tldr;...

ISACA Journal Article on AI

The first issue of 2024 for the ISACA Journal has been published and the articles are available both in written and on-line format. I have a regular column on...

Exploring the Spark Connect gRPC API more

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Goal of this post In this post we will continue looking at the gRPC API and the AnalyzePlan method which takes a plan and analyzes it....

SQL Server Autogrowth Settings Changes

Today, I want to discuss a topic that has been a bit of a headache for database administrators and consultants: the changes to SQL...

THAT Conference 2024–Austin

This week I attended THAT Conference in Round Rock, just outside Austin, Texas. This was my second time attending the conference, which is a very unique. The conference runs...

A Primer on Attaching Databases with PowerShell Method AttachDatabase

A Primer on Attaching Databases with PowerShell Method AttachDatabase

Attaching a SQL Server database using PowerShell can be straightforward. Here's an effective and easy approach using the...

BI Training with Eugene Meidinger

I’ve known Eugene Meidinger (SQLGene) for a number of years and we share a lot of interests outside of technology. We’re both avid boardgame and card game players, though...

Using Spark Connect from .NET

Introductory Ramble Spark Connect In July 2022, at the Data and AI summit, Apache Spark announced “Spark Connect,” which was a way of connecting to Apache Spark using the...

Just Buy the Keyboard

The holidays have passed and it’s a new year. You probably have a gift card or two and haven’t decided how to use it yet. Allow me to help:
Buy...