A New Word: Opia
opia – n. the ambiguous intensity of eye contact The entry for this says “so much can be said in a glance, “ which I think is very true....
2024-10-11
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Blog Posts
A word on misogyny/sexism in cybersecurity/IT
Recently, on a post celebrating a female professional earning a significant achievement within the cybersecurity field, another individual (male) commented wondering if this was due to DEI. The one...
2024-10-11 (first published: 2024-09-24)
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Connection String Confusion in SSMS
Recently I was trying to use a connection string to connect in SSMS. There are some tools that have a connection string available as an output, including some Redgate...
2024-10-11 (first published: 2024-09-25)
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Friday Flyway Tips: Searching a Migration
This was actually a cool tip I saw internally from one of the product managers, when trying to find specific text in a migration. I’ve been working with Flyway...
2024-10-11
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dataMinds Connect 2024 – Session Materials
The slides and scripts for my session “Tackling the Gaps & Islands Problem with T-SQL Window Functions” at dataMinds Connect 2024 can be downloaded from GitHub. If you want...
2024-10-10
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Want to Supercharge Your Business? SQL is Your Secret Weapon.
Look, we all know data is king these days. But having mountains of data and actually using it to make your business better are two different things. That's where...
2024-10-10
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Adding Row Numbers to a Query: #SQLNewBlogger
I realized that I hadn’t done much blogging on Window functions in T-SQL, and I’ve done a few presentations, so I decided to round out my blog a bit....
2024-10-09
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Adding Row Numbers to a Query: #SQLNewBlogger
I realized that I hadn’t done much blogging on Window functions in T-SQL, and I’ve done a few presentations, so I decided to round out my blog a bit....
2024-10-09
2,345 reads
Additional Use for sp_statement_completed
Another discussion in Gothenburg (such a great group of people) around Extended Events lead to a (admittedly, tiny) idea for an additional use for sp_statement_completed. The basics for sp_statement_completed...
2024-10-09 (first published: 2024-09-23)
371 reads
Analytics vs. Advanced Analytics
The post Analytics vs. Advanced Analytics appeared first on Joyful Craftsmen.
2024-10-09 (first published: 2024-09-25)
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Blogs
PASS Data Community Summit 2025 Slides and Code
By alevyinroc
Thank you for attending my PASS Summit 2025 session Answering the Auditor’s Call with...
Tech Conferences and Expanding Your View
By Brian Kelley
Tech conferences aren't just for networking and learning how to address a problem you're...
Managing subscribers, creating newsletters
By DataOnWheels
When I created the website on WordPress, I was expecting all the features I...
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Question of the Day
Getting the Schema for Tables
What happens when I run this on SQL Server 2022 in the AdventureWorks2022 database?
SELECT OBJECT_DEFINITION (OBJECT_ID(N'Person.Person')) AS [Object Definition]; GOSee possible answers