My 2024 in Data: Speaking
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back on the 30th for a minute), so I decided to do some analysis of my...
2024-12-17
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Blog Posts
Top 5 Advanced SQL Courses for 2025 (Must-Know)
Want to seriously boost your data skills? Mastering advanced SQL is the key, whether you're in data analysis, data science, or any field that uses data. Trust me, it's...
2024-12-17
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How to Build Data Management for Unstructured Data
The post How to Build Data Management for Unstructured Data appeared first on Joyful Craftsmen.
2024-12-16 (first published: 2024-12-10)
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Monday Monitor Tips: Am I Patched?
One of the things that I think is neat is that Redgate Monitor helps you track patching on your systems. This is something that has been challenging in every...
2024-12-16 (first published: 2024-12-09)
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My 2024 in Data: Travels
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back on the 30th for a minute), so I decided to do some analysis of my...
2024-12-16
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Free SQL Training: Dive into Databases This December!
Want to learn SQL and get some real practice this December? Check out the Basic SQL Practice: A Store course – it's totally free for the entire month! This...
2024-12-14
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A New Word: Dolonia
dolonia – n. a state of unease prompted by people who seem to like you too much, which makes you wonder if they must have you confused with someone...
2024-12-13
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Cloudbrew 2024 – Slides
You can find the slides for the session Building the €100 data warehouse with the Azure Data Platform in this GitHub repo.
The post Cloudbrew 2024 – Slides first appeared...
2024-12-13
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FIRST_VALUE vs. Min: #SQLNewBlogger
I had mentioned some new T-SQL functions for SQL Server 2022 and a commenter asked about the difference between Min() and First_value. This post looks at a few cases....
2024-12-13 (first published: 2024-12-04)
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Trace Flag 3625 Follow Up
Several months ago, I discussed my customer’s intention to enable trace flag 3625. Since that time, we have observed an intriguing phenomenon when encountering a login failure. To demonstrate...
2024-12-13 (first published: 2024-12-10)
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Blogs
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
T-SQL Tuesday #199: Roundup
A good week ago I hosted the monthly T-SQL Tuesday blog party. I invited...
No Shortcuts for the SQLCMD Batch Terminator: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was messing around with SQLCMD and I realized something I hadn’t known. I’ve...
Forums
BCP on Linux
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You Probably Don't Need a Vector Database
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Increment a number in a SQL Query based on a value
I have an issue where I have a Bill of Material list of items...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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