Making Legend Order Match Segment Order in a Power BI Stacked Column Chart
A reader of one of my previous posts pointed out that the legend order and segment order in my core visual stacked column chart did not match. I had...
2024-09-30
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Making Legend Order Match Segment Order in a Power BI Stacked Column Chart
A reader of one of my previous posts pointed out that the legend order and segment order in my core visual stacked column chart did not match. I had...
2024-09-30
12 reads
Making Legend Order Match Segment Order in a Power BI Stacked Column Chart
A reader of one of my previous posts pointed out that the legend order and segment order in my core visual stacked column chart did not match. I had...
2024-10-21 (first published: 2024-09-30)
682 reads
The Only Valid Test of a Backup is a Restore
Please, let me reiterate: The only valid test of a backup is a restore. THE ONLY VALID TEST OF A BACKUP IS A RESTORE. I’m happy that you have...
2024-10-16 (first published: 2024-09-30)
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Comparing an Old Running Total to Window Functions
Often I see running totals that are written in SQL using a variety of techniques. Many pieces of code were written in pre-2012 techniques, prior to window functions being...
2024-09-30
11 reads
Comparing an Old Running Total to Window Functions
Often I see running totals that are written in SQL using a variety of techniques. Many pieces of code were written in pre-2012 techniques, prior to window functions being...
2024-09-30
143 reads
Simple Talks Episode 7
The season 1, seventh episode of Simple Talks is out. Check it out, with Ryan as the main host. Simple Talks is the Redgate podcast from myself, Grant, Ryan,...
2024-09-27
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A New Word: the McFly effect
the McFly Effect – n. the phenomenon of observing your parents interact with people they grew up with, which reboots their personalities into youth mode, offering you a glimpse...
2024-09-27
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Key mappings in Visual Studio Code
At a recent conference I was asked how I executed code during my presentation. Running code during a presentation should be as smooth as possible…so in VS Code I...
2024-10-16 (first published: 2024-09-27)
431 reads
Get mentored and coached by me and other industry experts!
This fall you can take the next step in your data leadership journey by joining a cohort of industry peers and get mentored by experts in the field. In...
2024-09-26
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PostgreSQL Support in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
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Ten Years of PowerShell
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T-SQL Tuesday #202: 100 Hours
By Steve Jones
It’s time for T-SQL Tuesday again and this is a great prompt to start...
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The Costs of Multiple Platforms
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions II
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^d') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers