In today’s data-driven world, observability is not an optional add-on but a foundational principle. As organizations adopt Microsoft Fabric to unify analytics, the ability to see into the inner...
2025-10-27
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I’ve been enjoying Ben Weissmann (Blog | LinkedIn) & Jess Pomfret’s (Blog | LinkedIn ) weekly program Finding Data Friends for a couple years now, getting to know (by...
2025-10-27
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Update for SQL Server 2025:
This post and the GitHub repo have been updated for SQL Server 2025 RC1 and Ubuntu 24.04.
New in SQL Server 2025: You no longer need...
2025-10-27 (first published: 2025-09-29)
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I had a customer recently reach out to ask if SQL Clone would work with 20 backup files. I decided to test this. This is part of a series...
2025-10-27
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I’m excited to announce my brand-new SQL Server 2025 Unleashed live online training on December 10, 2025 – a deep-dive day dedicated to exploring the next generation of Microsoft’s...
2025-10-27
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In parts 1 and 2 of this series, we’ve gathered info and done the triage just like anyone in almost any industry does At this point you’ve: Defined what...
2025-10-27 (first published: 2025-10-01)
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2025-10-26
I saw some good reviews of the small gemma3 model in a few places and wanted to try it locally. This If you want to get started, read my...
2025-10-24 (first published: 2025-10-13)
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Train employees well enough that they could get another job but treat them well enough that they never want to. – from Excellent Advice for Living This one is...
2025-10-24
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Presenting you with an updated version of our sp_snapshot procedure, allowing you to easily create database snapshots. This new version fixes a bug that we’ve found in version 2...
2025-10-24 (first published: 2025-10-02)
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Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
I am annoyed. We have a CMS server that has hundreds of servers saved...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Problem Isn't Always Your...
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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