Merry Christmas
Christmas is this week so not a technical post for this week. Just a simple post wishing you and your family as many blessing as possible (especially in the...
2020-12-25
11 reads
Blog Posts
No Scalars with JSON_QUERY–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. I started to dig into JSON queries recently,...
2020-12-25 (first published: 2020-12-16)
442 reads
T-SQL Tuesday #121: Gifts received for this year Redux 2020
At the end of 2019, Mala (b|t) invited us to write about the gifts we’ve gotten during the year. I’ve decided to try to make this yearly habit. This year...
2020-12-25 (first published: 2020-12-16)
123 reads
Daily Coping 24 Dec 2020
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...
2020-12-24
46 reads
Placing my Bid for SQLSaturday.com
I’m making my bid. I don’t know this brand needs to continue, or that it will, but I’d like to hold this for posterity, at least in an interim...
2020-12-24 (first published: 2020-12-18)
420 reads
SQL Puzzle – Eight Queens on a Chess board
Here's a SQL Puzzle for the festive period. 2020 has been a year of many things but amongst it all, it has been the year of chess. The combined...
2020-12-24 (first published: 2020-12-15)
550 reads
Daily Coping 23 Dec 2020
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...
2020-12-23
48 reads
DirectQuery for Power BI datasets and Azure Analysis Services (preview)
Announced last week is a major new feature for Power BI: you can now use DirectQuery to connect to Azure Analysis Services or Power BI Datasets and combine it...
2020-12-23
16 reads
Goodbye PASS
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of...
2020-12-23
59 reads
On table variable row estimations
At first glance, the question of how many rows are estimated from a table variable is easy. But, is it really that simple? Well, not really. To dig into...
2020-12-23 (first published: 2020-12-15)
461 reads
Blogs
Asking for Help Isn’t a Weakness
By Brian Kelley
During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of...
The Proof of the Backup Is in the Pudding
For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable,...
T-SQL Tuesday #204 – Are blogs still relevant?
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
Forums
SQL Server Vector Support II
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server Vector Support II
Great Things
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Great Things
Troubleshooting Slow Queries That Already Have an Index
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Troubleshooting Slow Queries That Already...
Question of the Day
SQL Server Vector Support II
With regard to SQL Server 2025's Vector support, what is an embedding?
See possible answers