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Learning Database Design and Power BI Performance

I spend my days working on and managing SQL Server instances—working days at least, and sometimes even on non-working days. I’ve been working with SQL Server for years now,...

Replacing Images in PBIR Format Reports

With the PBIR format of Power BI reports, it’s much easier to make report updates outside of Power BI Desktop. One thing you may want to do is to...

Monday Monitor Tips: CIS Compliant

A new feature added to Redgate Monitor Enterprise automatically. CIS compliance is something many enterprises think about as their auditors use this as a benchmark. If you’ve never looked...

Monday Monitor Tips: Lots of Postgres Options

Redgate Monitor is growing to include more than just Microsoft SQL Server monitoring. We added PostgreSQL support in 2023 and that continues to grow. This post looks at a...

Side Projects

Anyone (everyone?) who has ever tried to learn a programming language knows that to really learn, you need a project. I’m a DBA by trade and as such…haven’t really...

Advice I Like: Experience and Aptitude

Experience is overrated. Most breakthrough accomplishments were done by people doing them for the first time. Therefore when hiring hire for aptitude and attitude and then train for skills....

Database Build Error – Incorrect syntax near DISTINCT

I wrote a piece of SQL that had some new T-SQL syntax in it: IS DISTINCT FROM. This predicate checks if two expressions are equal taking NULL into account....

Introduction to OpenAI and LLMs – Part 2

My previous blog post on this topic was Introduction to OpenAI and LLMs, the “what” part (what is OpenAI and LLM), and this blog post will talk about the...