Databases and AI Agents
As part of my wider work exploring Claude Code and AI-assisted database engineering, I have been looking at how AI can support SQL Server operations. A failed job, missed...
2026-05-18 (first published: 2026-05-17)
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All About SQL
Claude.ai vs Claude API
You have used Claude. But which Claude? The Claude app (claude.ai, the desktop and mobile apps) is the chat product you talk to. The Claude API is the developer...
2026-05-18 (first published: 2026-05-13)
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Why Claude?
Every major model out there can summarise documents, write code and answer multi step questions – then if you decide to go with a specific vendor based on costs...
2026-05-18 (first published: 2026-05-04)
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Overview of Claude AI Models: Which One to Choose?
For those entering the AI space whether professionally or personally I wanted to give a quick overview on the different models on offer within the Claude family – when...
2026-05-06 (first published: 2026-04-27)
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The Agent Era: When “How do I…?” Replaces “Where do I click?”
After a year away getting to grips with AI and its application across the various industries, I am placing a bet: agents will become the default interface for most...
2026-04-22
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Understanding Zonal Redundancy in Azure SQL MI
Do you know what happens when you enable zonal redundancy for your SQL managed instance? Lets define it first (in the context of Business-Critical tier) – zonal redundancy is...
2025-07-16
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Azure SQL Managed Instance: Boost Performance with Read-Scale Out
The Business Critical tier of Azure SQL Managed Instance offers the read-scale out feature enabling you to distribute read-only workloads such as reporting and analytics across built-in replicated secondary...
2025-07-15
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Secure Azure SQL Server Backups Using Managed Identities
I do believe most people know about the ability to backup your SQL server databases to URL (from Azure VMs). If you recall you would use the storage key...
2025-05-09 (first published: 2025-04-23)
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Microsoft Entra Authentication for Azure PostgreSQL
Straight from Microsoft’s documentation “Microsoft Entra authentication is a mechanism of connecting to Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server by using identities defined in Microsoft Entra ID. With Microsoft...
2025-02-12 (first published: 2025-02-03)
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Minimize Downtime with SQL MI Disaster Recovery
I speak to many people who use cloud technologies, especially database tech and how little consideration they give to their MISSION CRITICAL Databases that run in the cloud and...
2024-10-18
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Blogs
Understanding Fabric Ontology
By James Serra
What problem is Fabric Ontology trying to solve? For years, most data conversations have...
QUOTENAME Basics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A...
When growing companies outgrow Excel
By ChrisJenkins
There are some telltale signs that your growing business has outgrown Excel for your...
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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?
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