Miscellaneous Notes On System Architecture and Design
When I first joined the programming team at my previous job in an aerospace company, the first observation I made...
2019-02-01 (first published: 2019-01-18)
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Marlon Ribunal - SQL, Code, Coffee, etc.
Book Review: SQL Server 2017 on Linux
I don’t have any statistics but I think most IT Professionals in the SQL Server field are managing or developing...
2019-01-11
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Looking Forward
2018 has come and gone. And we’re on a new year once again. This is another opportunity for a new...
2019-01-04
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Forecasting Kyle Kuzma’s Field Goal Percentage (FG%)
More and more tools are becoming available for data analysts and data scientists. These tools provide convenience and lower the bar...
2019-01-03 (first published: 2018-12-22)
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How I Work: Data Professionals at Work
It has been a busy year so far. Last March, I did a review, as a Technical Reviewer, for a...
2018-11-02
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Creating Facets in SQL Server 2017 Using R
SQL Server 2017 In-Database Machine learning has brought the analytics closer to the data. It is now convenient to do...
2018-04-11
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Creating Bar Graph In SQL Server 2017 Using R
Creating a bar graph with R in SQL Server 2017 is relatively easy. It’s just a matter of finding the correct...
2018-04-05 (first published: 2018-04-03)
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Getting Things Done With SSMS
As a SQL Server pro, I spend most of my productive time in the SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). I...
2018-04-04 (first published: 2018-03-27)
2,956 reads
Identify R Package Dependencies Using miniCRAN
Installing R packages in SQL Server 2017 is a breeze with the stored procedure sp_execute_external_script. But so far, it is limited...
2018-03-20
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Getting Started With R In SQL Server 2017
Prior to SQL Server 2016, running R on Microsoft platform required an installation of the R Language and its environment...
2018-03-22 (first published: 2018-03-13)
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Blogs
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I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
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I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
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SQL Server 2025 Query Performance Tuning: Troubleshoot and Optimize Query Performance
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Server 2025 Query Performance...
Is it uncommon for Dev's to have a data model of the source data
This is a generic question. To the moderators, I wasn't sure where to place...
ROLLUP to calculate Month total for all Categories
Good Afternoon, I have built a table with four columns: Period(Month), Category, Numerator, Denominator....
Question of the Day
Creating JSON I
On SQL Server 2025, what happens when I run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG( 'City':'Denver') GOSee possible answers