PASS Summit Session – On-Prem SQL Servers, Interstellar Performance
I’m very pleased to announce that one of my sessions submitted for this year’s PASS Summit in Seattle, held from...
2018-05-10
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Power BI Custom Visuals Class (Module 102 – Slim Data Bar KPI Visual)
In this module you will learn how to use the Slim Data Bar KPI Visual. The Slim Data Bar KPI...
2018-05-22 (first published: 2018-05-09)
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First Wave of Sessions for PASSSummit Now Available
The first wave of sessions for the #PASSSummit have been released. You can see the list at: http://www.pass.org/summit/2018/Learn/ConferenceSessions.aspx
I am honored...
2018-05-09
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Relaxing on the Tab Management Terraces with #SQLPrompt
I enjoy themes, and when I ran across the SQL Prompt Treasure Island, I had to take a few minutes...
2018-05-09
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A big thank you
Thank you! Thank you for reading my blog. Thank you for buying my book. Thank you for attending my sessions...
2018-05-09
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Day 9 Variables
In earlier days we have discussed about providing options with environmental variable and command line, today we will be discussing...
2018-05-09
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Pushing SQL Server images to the Azure Container Registry
The Azure Container Registry is an online repository for storing Docker images (think the Docker Hub).
What’s cool about this is...
2018-05-23 (first published: 2018-05-09)
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T-SQL Tuesday #102: Giving Back
This is my diatribe about service and giving back to the community. When done properly, there is a natural born effect of enhancing one's personal life equal in some...
2018-05-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #102: Giving Back
Last month we had the opportunity to discuss some of the most important tools for a data professional. I took...
2018-05-09
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Helper procedure to dynamically execute list of statements
I try to avoid dynamic SQL as much as possible and consider it as a necessary evil. However, in some...
2018-05-21 (first published: 2018-05-09)
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Blogs
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
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BIT_COUNT() V
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