New Azure VMs that perform close to on-prem servers?!
Working with large databases, multi-terabyte in size, I've had clients who have wanted to move to the cloud. However, after testing and...
2025-06-12
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Cloud Provider Outage!
Your Cloud Provider is experiencing an outage! Your websites and databases are all down! When local data centers were the primary source...
2025-06-12
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India-US Tariff War: Is the Indian IT Sector at Risk?
How U.S.-India Tariff Disputes Could Ripple Through the Indian IT Sector Although the newly imposed U.S. tariffs—such as the 26% duty on select Indian exports—don’t directly target India’s IT...
2025-06-12
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Save BIG on Microsoft Azure Certification – Up to 100% Off!
🌟 Why Microsoft Azure Certifications Are Beneficial for Your Career 🗓️ How to Schedule and Appear for Azure Certification Exams Microsoft Azure Certification Corporate Discounts: How to Save Up...
2025-06-12
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Modifying a Trigger to Capture More Info: #SQLNewBlogger
I had someone ask me about using triggers to detect changes in their tables. This is a second post looking at triggers, in this case, modifying my trigger to...
2025-06-11
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SQL Server Agent Jobs: Set It and Forget It?
Useful tips to make your jobs more stable Too many IT teams treat SQL Server Agent jobs like a coffee timer “Set it and forget it!” Unfortunately, that mindset...
2025-07-02 (first published: 2025-06-11)
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From SQL Server to PostgreSQL: A Story of 5 Key SQL Differences
After spending decades working in SQL Server, getting familiar with PostgreSQL felt like traveling to a country where everyone speaks a language I mostly understand – but with a different accent...
2025-06-25 (first published: 2025-06-11)
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Database Concurrency: MVCC in PostgreSQL vs Row Versioning in SQL Server
What is Concurrency in Databases? Concurrency control ensures that multiple transactions can occur simultaneously without leading to data inconsistency. Two popular concurrency control mechanisms are: MVCC in PostgreSQL PostgreSQL...
2025-06-25 (first published: 2025-06-11)
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Free Webinar – Build a data warehouse on Azure Data Platform for $150
I’m presenting a free webinar at MSSQLTips.com at Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 6PM UTC (8PM CET or 2PM EDT). The abstract: As you might learn from the abstract,...
2025-06-11
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T-SQL Tuesday #187–Solving Problems
This month we have a great invite from Joe Fleming, a first time host of T-SQL Tuesday. Joe reached out when I requested some hosts and I’m glad he...
2025-06-10
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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...
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BIT_COUNT() IV
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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