Generating Random Strings with GenAI
One of the things I’ve been experimenting with in AI is taking things other people do and seeing how well the AI works. In this case, I took a...
2025-06-20
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Blog Posts
Heading to SQL Bits 2025
I’ll be at SQL Bits tomorrow, Saturday Jun 20, 2025 for the final day of the conference. I wasn’t selected to speak, but since I’m in Cambridge next week...
2025-06-20
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Introducing FabricTools (PowerShell module)
🔍 The Challenge: DevOps for Microsoft Fabric In the world of Microsoft Fabric, DevOps is still maturing. Unlike Azure Data Factory (ADF), which has been around long enough to...
2025-06-20
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Build a C++ Pipeline with Docker, GitHub Actions, Azure ACR and Azure App Service
In today’s Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), having a robust build pipeline is very important for ensuring that there is a smooth deployment and maintainable code quality. Building a...
2025-06-19
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Why India’s NEW Tax Regime is a GAME CHANGER for the Job Market
India’s 2025 tax reforms have introduced a bold shift in how income is taxed, and the ripple effects are already being felt across industries. With a focus on simplification,...
2025-06-19
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Apply for a 2025 PASS Summit Scholarship
Redgate is offering 13 PASS Summit scholarships which not only includes the 3-day ticket to the main part of the PASS Summit, but also $1400 towards travel and accommodations....
2025-06-18 (first published: 2025-06-04)
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Better Trigger Design: #SQLNewBlogger
I had someone ask me about using triggers to detect changes in their tables. This is the third post in the series. The first one Another post for me...
2025-06-18
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Comparing Microsoft Fabric Alternatives in AWS, GCP, and OCI in 2025
Microsoft's unified analytics platform, Fabric, simplifies integration across various tools in Azure by offering seamless authentication and a comprehensive set of features. Although alternatives exist in AWS, GCP, and...
2025-06-18 (first published: 2025-06-05)
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SQL Server error 18456
Working with thousands of instances of Microsoft SQL Server, I often encounter users having issues. A common error is 18456 which indicates a login failure.
The post SQL Server error...
2025-06-18
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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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Blogs
Performance tuning KubeVirt for SQL Server
Following on from my last post about Getting Started With KubeVirt & SQL Server,...
T-SQL Tuesday #193 – A Note to Your Past, and a Warning from Your Future
By DesertDBA
I haven’t posted in a while (well, not here at least since I’ve been...
Keeping MS Docs Up to Date
By Steve Jones
One of the things that I like about the SQL Server docs (MS Learn...
Forums
Change Tracking – Troubleshooting
I have change tracking configured in several databases, in QA and production environments, and...
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to the 1st 21 rows?
is there a no code way to limit an ssis extract from excel to...
Pivot but preserve all rows on Aggregate column
Hello Need help in pivoting this data set, the Pivot takes MIN/MAX on a...
Question of the Day
What is the PRODUCT
In SQL Server 2025, what does this return?
CREATE TABLE Numbers ( n INT) GO INSERT dbo.Numbers ( n ) VALUES (1), (2), (3) GO SELECT PRODUCT(n) FROM dbo.NumbersSee possible answers