Replacing Images in PBIR Format Reports
With the PBIR format of Power BI reports, it’s much easier to make report updates outside of Power BI Desktop. One thing you may want to do is to...
2024-12-30
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Replacing Images in PBIR Format Reports
With the PBIR format of Power BI reports, it’s much easier to make report updates outside of Power BI Desktop. One thing you may want to do is to...
2024-12-30
15 reads
Replacing Images in PBIR Format Reports
With the PBIR format of Power BI reports, it’s much easier to make report updates outside of Power BI Desktop. One thing you may want to do is to...
2025-01-08 (first published: 2024-12-30)
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Capturing Ideas for Blogs
As we close out the year, I decided to drop this post here and maybe inspire a few of you to write in 2025. This post looks at some...
2025-01-10 (first published: 2024-12-30)
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A New Word: Lilo
lilo– n. a friendship that can lie dormant for years only to pick right back up instantly, as if you’d seen each other last week – which is al...
2024-12-27
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Learning Database Design and Power BI Performance
I spend my days working on and managing SQL Server instances—working days at least, and sometimes even on non-working days. I’ve been working with SQL Server for years now,...
2025-01-08 (first published: 2024-12-24)
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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...
2024-12-25 (first published: 2024-12-24)
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Monday Monitor Tips: CIS Compliant
A new feature added to Redgate Monitor Enterprise automatically. CIS compliance is something many enterprises think about as their auditors use this as a benchmark. If you’ve never looked...
2025-01-06 (first published: 2024-12-23)
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My 2024 in Data: Music
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...
2024-12-20
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A New Word: Suente
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be in a room with them without thinking, without holding anything back, or without having to...
2024-12-20
34 reads
Blogs
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
A New Word: Mauerbauertraurigkeit
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
Methodology for dealing with bad data in production
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
Forums
Why SQL Server Database Attach fails and how to repair it
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Fixing P1 Queries
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
What is returned? See possible answers