SQL Server, PostgreSQL and the Future
This is just a quick note to talk about the future, mine, yours and this blog. First, I’m not abandoning SQL Server. I’m actively working on a revision of...
2022-02-09
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Blog Posts
SSAS getting message: “Unable to convert one or multiple M partitions into native source queries.”
The Issue Recently one of our team members faced the following issue: We have SSAS Tabular model deployed in DirectQuery mode taking data from MSSQL server database. Suddenly SSAS...
2022-02-09 (first published: 2022-02-01)
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Thrilled to #BITS!
2021 was a strange year…mid way through a pandemic, enormously depressing on many fronts to me..and yet, it bought with it some unexpected joys. I never imagined, in the...
2022-02-09
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Who do you contact before an upgrade? : T-SQL Tuesday #147
I haven’t been blogging as much recently as I’d like and I’m trying to get back into it. One excellent ... Continue reading
2022-02-09
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Boost Your Career with #SQLNewBlogger
A few years ago Ed Leighton-Dick started the #SQLNewBlogger challenge. He asked people to start writing about their career and building their own brand. I thought it was a...
2022-02-08
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Daily Coping 8 Feb 2022
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...
2022-02-08
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Data Thoughts – T-SQL Tuesday #147 – Upgrade Strategies
G’day, This months T-SQL Tuesday (January 2022) invite is brought to you by Steve Jones – @way0utwest Steve’s asked us to write about “Planning for upgrades“ In the not...
2022-02-08
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Data Lakehouse, Data Mesh, and Data Fabric
(NOTE: I have returned to Microsoft and am working as a Solution Architect in Microsoft Industry Solutions, formally known as Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS), where I help customers build...
2022-02-08
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SQL Database Backups using DBATools PowerShell Module
Want to learn how to set up a PowerShell DBA environment? Here's how to configure it for SQL Server backups. T
2022-02-08
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Upgrade Strategies – T-SQL Tuesday #147
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is about how we look at SQL Server upgrades, hosted by Steve Jones. My experience of SQL upgrades is that they tend to be largely...
2022-02-08
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Blogs
Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
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