Why use XACT_ABORT?
This came up one day at my work when a developer was using it. I hadn’t used it before and thought I’d better check it out. It’s off by...
2025-04-28 (first published: 2025-04-11)
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Blog Posts
Kusto Detective Agency - Intro
While I mostly write about SQL Server, I have a soft spot for Kusto. In this series, I will explore solutions to fun challenges collectively known as the Kusto...
2025-04-27 (first published: 2025-04-26)
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Building Resilience: Leadership Insights from Sports
In the bustling world of sports, leadership appears as a beacon of hope and direction. Imagine a football team, standing on the brink of a crucial match. The players,...
2025-04-25 (first published: 2025-04-08)
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Limiting Results with TEXTSIZE in SQL Server: #SQLNewBlogger
There is a SET command in SQL Server that changes how much data is returned from some fields. This short post shows what I learned about the SET TEXTSIZE...
2025-04-25 (first published: 2025-04-07)
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Announcements from the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference
A ton of new features for Microsoft Fabric were announced at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference recently. Here are all the new features that I found most interesting, with some...
2025-04-23 (first published: 2025-04-09)
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T-SQL Tuesday #185: Video
This month’s invite is from Erik Darling, who invites you to make a video on any topic of your choice. I liked his reasoning for this and appreciate his...
2025-04-23 (first published: 2025-04-08)
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Azure Data Factory Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest
I recently had a new pipeline fail. It was actually a copy of an old pipeline where I had made some adjustments into as part of a database migration....
2025-04-21 (first published: 2025-04-04)
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Comparing My Current Schema with a Backup with SQL Compare
A customer asked if they needed to restore a database from backup to compare the schema in a database. They don’t and this post shows that. This is part...
2025-04-21 (first published: 2025-03-31)
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A New Word: Immerensis
immerensis – n. the maddening inability to understand the reasons why someone loves you – almost as if you’re selling them a used car that you know has a...
2025-04-18
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Deploy a Dockerized Python TODO App to Azure Container Apps Using Pulumi and Azure Key Vault
In this post, I will guide you on how to deploy a dockerized simple flask-based TODO application to Azure Container Apps using Pulumi. You will Dockerize the Python application,...
2025-04-18
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Blogs
Take Time to Gain Perspective
By Brian Kelley
Probably the best piece of advice I ever received is to take time to...
The Fringe Festival
By Steve Jones
I was lucky enough to take a vacation a decade ago in Edinburgh with...
Demo for Parameter Sniffing and Memory Grant Feedback
Disclaimer: The following is built with Claude Code. Just need to justify my $100/mo...
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