SQL Server in the Cloud – Are DBAs Still Needed?
Things your cloud vendor may not tell you Here’s a common theme I hear from small IT teams: “Our SQL Server is in the cloud now. We don’t...
2025-06-18
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Blog Posts
AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals – The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Cloud Mastery
In an era where cloud computing drives innovation, understanding its fundamentals is no longer optional—it’s essential. The AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification is the perfect starting point for anyone...
2025-06-17
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ADF: Publish suddenly includes everything where it used to be incremental changes since the last publish
I recently encountered an interesting issue with ADF where the publish feature suddenly attempted to republish every single object, claiming they were new, despite having incrementally published changed objects...
2025-06-16 (first published: 2025-06-15)
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Getting Started with Vector Search in SQL Server 2025 Using Ollama
Ollama SQL FastStart streamlines the deployment of SQL Server 2025 with integrated AI capabilities through a comprehensive Docker-based solution. This project delivers a production-ready environment combining SQL Server 2025,...
2025-06-16 (first published: 2025-05-19)
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Invoking Another Pipeline in Microsoft Fabric
At the moment there are two activities in Fabric pipelines that allow you to execute a “child” pipeline. They are both named “Invoke Pipeline” but are differentiated by the...
2025-06-16 (first published: 2025-06-04)
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Logging in Azure Data Factory data flows
(2025-June-15) Long gone are the days when a data engineer could simply focus on building a new data integration solution. You’d establish connections to one or more source datasets, review...
2025-06-16
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Moving to Rancher Desktop
I’ve been very happy with Docker Desktop for years, running it on both laptop and desktop. However, a corporate decision was made to move to Rancher Desktop, so I...
2025-06-16
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Beginner’s Guide: Create a File Organizer CLI Tool in Rust
Image from Afdhaluddin on ShutterstockCLI which is generally referred to as Command Line Interface is a terminal or console interface which allows the user to interact with a software...
2025-06-14
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Advice I Like: Focus on what’s important
Don’t let someone else’s urgency becomes your emergency. In fact, don’t be governed by the urgent of any sort. Focus on the important. The urgent is a tyrant. –...
2025-06-13
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Database Concurrency: MVCC in PostgreSQL vs Row Versioning in SQL Server
What is Concurrency in Databases? Concurrency control ensures that multiple transactions can occur simultaneously without leading to data inconsistency. Two popular concurrency control mechanisms are: MVCC in PostgreSQL PostgreSQL...
2025-06-13 (first published: 2025-06-11)
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Blogs
Heading to SQL Bits 2025
By Steve Jones
I’ll be at SQL Bits tomorrow, Saturday Jun 20, 2025 for the final day...
Exploring the Next Gen General Purpose Tier in Azure SQL Managed Instance
By John
In a recent video, I took a hands-on look at the Next Gen General...
Why India’s NEW Tax Regime is a GAME CHANGER for the Job Market
By Rohit Garg
India’s 2025 tax reforms have introduced a bold shift in how income is taxed,...
Forums
XML_COMPRESSION for existing tables
We are in the process of upgrading to SQL Server 2022 and would like...
How to Choose the Right Tool for MS SQL to PostgreSQL Migration
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Adding Defaults
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Question of the Day
Adding Defaults
I have a table, called dbo.logger, in SQL Server 2022. I decide to add two new columns to this table with this code.
ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD CreateDate DATETIME CONSTRAINT dfGetDate DEFAULT GETDATE() GO ALTER TABLE dbo.logger ADD ModifyDate DATETIME DEFAULT dfGetDate GOWhat happens when I run these two batches? See possible answers