Techno Security East: Quantum Computing Slides
I always try and ensure that I post my slides to my talks here on my blog. Here are the slides that I used for my Quantum Computing and...
2025-06-05
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Blog Posts
A Basic Update Trigger: #SQLNewBlogger
I had someone ask me about using triggers to detect changes in their tables. As I explained a few things, I thought this would make a nice series, so...
2025-06-04
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Getting Started with SQL Server 2025 Public Preview: A Step-by-Step Installation Guide
A step-by-step guide to installing SQL Server 2025 Private Preview.
2025-06-04
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IndiaAI Mission: Transforming India with AI Power!
IndiaAI Mission: Empowering India Through Artificial Intelligence🔹 Mission VisionThe IndiaAI initiative aims to harness the power of artificial intelligence to drive innovation, improve accessibility, and catalyze socio-economic development across...
2025-06-04
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IndiaAI मिशन: भारत को AI की ताकत से बदलने की तैयारी!
🔹 मिशन विज़नIndiaAI पहल का उद्देश्य आर्टिफिशियल इंटेलिजेंस की शक्ति का उपयोग करके नवाचार को बढ़ावा देना, पहुंच को बेहतर बनाना और देशभर में सामाजिक-आर्थिक विकास को गति देना है।...
2025-06-04
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Query multiple Azure SQL Databases
I was sick of changing context in Azure Data Studio while cleaning up things discovered in our vulnerability assessments. Changing things via PowerShell I wanted to be cautious with...
2025-06-04 (first published: 2025-05-16)
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Stack Overflow & AI
I won’t try to pretend otherwise, I’ve had some mixed feelings about Stack Overflow for a long time. I think the concept of the place, ask a question, get...
2025-06-04 (first published: 2025-05-21)
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Why I Created the SQL Rescue Sprint – And How It Works
Over the past 25 years, I’ve worked with SQL Server in all kinds of environments: startups, mid-size companies, and global enterprises. And no matter the industry or infrastructure, one...
2025-06-04
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My first year on full disability, wow!
What a year … At the end of May 2024, I went on full time disability. For the first time in my adult life, I was not fully employed....
2025-06-03 (first published: 2025-06-02)
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Getting References for GenAI Results
I wrote an editorial on the view of GenAI tech from execs and someone commented that they wanted references for results. Most of us might take a result from...
2025-06-02
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Blogs
5 Starter Projects for Your AI and Data Engineering Portfolio
Reading tutorials is fine. Shipping something is better. If you are trying to break...
The Book of Redgate: Taking Breaks
By Steve Jones
We work hard at Redgate, though with a good work-life balance. One interesting observation...
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
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Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers