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A magical thing happened this week in the SQL Community Slack (it’s free to join, by the way, sign up here). In the midst of a discussion about the...
2019-01-16
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Blog Posts
Approximate COUNT DISTINCT
We all have written queries that use COUNT DISTINCT to get the unique number of non-NULL values from a table....
2019-01-15 (first published: 2019-01-03)
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Creating my own Map Shapefiles for Power BI
(2019-Jan-06) In the past, I used to always rely on shapefiles crafted by others to create my map visualizations in...
2019-01-15 (first published: 2019-01-06)
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Inspector V1.3 now available
Inspector V1.3 is now available on GitHub.
We have updated the sample report for you to play with which includes the...
2019-01-15
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Moving off SQL Server 2008 / R2 – What can Azure offer?
You will very likely know that SQL Server 2008 / R2 end of support is on July 9th 2019. Not that...
2019-01-15
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SQL FAILS with Andy Mallon, Erin Stellato, and Mr. Anonymous!
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While most of us strive to make as few mistakes as possible when it comes to our servers and data, accidents do occasionally happen.
Sometimes...
2019-01-15
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SQL FAILS with Andy Mallon, Erin Stellato, and Mr. Anonymous!
Watch this week's video on YouTube
While most of us strive to make as few mistakes as possible when it comes to our servers and data, accidents do occasionally happen.
Sometimes...
2019-01-15
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Azure – Backing up to URL
In a previous post, I talked about some of the available storage options that can be used to back up...
2019-01-14 (first published: 2019-01-04)
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My New Year Challenge: The Kessel Run and Keto
The Kessel Run Medal for 2019Hello Dear Reader, it's been a while since we talked. Part of the new year is setting goals. I plan to blog more. I...
2019-01-14
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My New Year Challenge: The Kessel Run and Keto
The Kessel Run Medal for 2019Hello Dear Reader, it's been a while since we talked. Part of the new year...
2019-01-14
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Blogs
A New Word: the Kinder Surprise
By Steve Jones
the kinder surprise – . the point in your early adolescence when you realize...
VPN + SQL Server Connections: Why Long-Working Setups Suddenly Fail with Msg 10054 and “Connection Broken”
By Tim Radney
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been contacted by multiple customers experiencing the same...
Future IT Roles – Agentic Architect and AI Boom!!
By Vinay Thakur
These days everything is changing to AI World, IT roles are getting changed and...
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SSoL Support on the OS
On which Linux versions is SQL Server 2025 on Linux supported?
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