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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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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🔍 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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By Steve Jones
I was listening to the radio the other day and the hosts were discussing...
By Steve Jones
We’re a week late, once again my fault. I was still coming out of...
By Steve Jones
I ran across this article recently (https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code) and it has a great opening piece...
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I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to add two new columns for the StateProvince and Country. What code should I use? See possible answers