Azure Data Explorer is a PaaS offering from Azure providing an end-to-end solution for data exploration. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/individually-great-collectively-unmatched-announcing-updates-to-3-great-azure-data-services/ Here is a quick introduction of the features: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/data-explorer/#features This service from...
2022-04-15 (first published: 2022-03-31)
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Over the years, one of the best pieces of problem solving advice I’ve been able to give my kids is ... Continue reading
2022-04-15 (first published: 2022-03-31)
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Now that we have created our Redis Cache lets connect to it. You can use the most common tool redis cli.exe https://redis.io/download or as I am going to do,...
2022-04-14
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I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-04-14
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How to perform minimal blocking updates in a high concurrency environment
2022-04-14
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When I was working with Snowflake on a project, it seemed security (assigning roles to users, assigning permissions etc.) is not as straight forward as it is in SQL...
2022-04-13 (first published: 2022-04-02)
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Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows, like the built-in package managers on Linux, and third-party ones on macOS like Homebrew and MacPorts. The idea is this: when you’re...
2022-04-13
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Creating useful reports is part art and part science. On one end of the spectrum, you have visually appealing and highly customized reports and dashboards that are truly works...
2022-04-13 (first published: 2022-03-31)
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I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2022-04-13
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⚠️ It’s hard to convey sarcasm over the text. I’m putting this disclaimer at the top so I don’t come off egoistic. This post is meant as hyperbole, and...
2022-04-13
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Forgive me for the title. Mentally I’m 12. When I started my current day...
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One of the things a customer asked recently about Redgate Data Modeler was how...
By Steve Jones
For a number of years, we’ve produced the State of the Database Landscape report,...
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In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('Steve', 'Stan')
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