SQL Server Index Primer
Indexes 101: What, Why, and When? “What Is an Index?” I get this question a lot, especially from developers and sysadmins who’ve been handed a SQL Server and told,...
2025-05-12 (first published: 2025-04-23)
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Secure Azure SQL Server Backups Using Managed Identities
I do believe most people know about the ability to backup your SQL server databases to URL (from Azure VMs). If you recall you would use the storage key...
2025-05-09 (first published: 2025-04-23)
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Using a Local Large Language Model (LLM): Interacting with Local LLMs Using PowerShell
As AI continues to evolve, many of us are looking for ways to leverage large language models (LLMs) without relying on cloud services. As we learned in my previous...
2025-05-07 (first published: 2025-04-22)
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Monday Monitor Tips: Finding the Hostname for Queries
I was chatting with a customer recently and they wanted to know which host was sending in queries that were causing problems in real time. This post looks at...
2025-05-05 (first published: 2025-04-21)
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Can AI Read Execution Plans?
Yeah, yeah, second AI post in a row. I promise not to make a habit of it. But I saw someone else mention that you can feed them XML...
2025-05-07 (first published: 2025-04-21)
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Streamline Dependency Management in Databases
In the intricate world of business, where precision and efficiency are paramount, managing database dependencies can often feel like navigating a labyrinth. Imagine having a tool that not only...
2025-05-05 (first published: 2025-04-21)
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A New Word: Immerensis
immerensis – n. the maddening inability to understand the reasons why someone loves you – almost as if you’re selling them a used car that you know has a...
2025-04-18
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Deploy a Dockerized Python TODO App to Azure Container Apps Using Pulumi and Azure Key Vault
In this post, I will guide you on how to deploy a dockerized simple flask-based TODO application to Azure Container Apps using Pulumi. You will Dockerize the Python application,...
2025-04-18
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Using a Local Large Language Model (LLM): Running Ollama on Your Laptop
You can now run powerful LLMs like Llama 3.1 directly on your laptop using Ollama. There is no cloud, and there is no cost. Just install, pull a model,...
2025-05-02 (first published: 2025-04-17)
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SQL Server Wait Stats
Everything in SQL Server is waiting for something…this is by design. And most people never think about it… Until your application is waiting to complete its request, sell the...
2025-04-30 (first published: 2025-04-16)
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Blogs
PostgreSQL Support in the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
Next week I’m at VS Live in San Diego (register and join me) and...
Ten Years of PowerShell
Ten years ago today, I filmed a Pluralsight Play by Play on open source...
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