Making Phone Calls from Azure Event Hub Messages
Recently I did a presentation at our local SQL Server User Group (SSUG) on Managing Streaming Data Pipelines Using Azure Data Services and as such wanted to build out...
2017-05-30
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Mr. Fox SQL
What Exactly is the “Data Platform” Nowadays?
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A couple of months ago I was presenting at SQL Saturday Melbourne (582) on Azure Cognitive...
2017-04-20 (first published: 2017-04-18)
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What Exactly is the “Data Platform” Nowadays?
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] A couple of months ago I was presenting at SQL Saturday Melbourne (582) on Azure Cognitive Services and got chatting with some of the...
2017-04-18
6 reads
A Collection of SQL Server Help Scripts
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Like probably every SQL DBA, consultant, architect etc etc out there that has ever worked...
2017-03-13
1,476 reads
A Collection of SQL Server Help Scripts
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] Like probably every SQL DBA, consultant, architect etc etc out there that has ever worked on or used SQL Server they will likely have...
2017-03-13
5 reads
Azure Cognitive Services Text Analytics – An API Calling Application
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Just last week we had the fantastic opportunity to present at Microsoft Ignite 2017 in...
2017-02-27 (first published: 2017-02-22)
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Azure Cognitive Services – Text Analytics API Application
[read this post on Mr. Fox SQL blog] [UPDATED 7 JUN 2020 – ADDED NEW TEXT ANALYTICS v3.0 FEATURES!] Just last week we had the fantastic opportunity to present at Microsoft...
2017-02-22
12 reads
SQL Saturday 582 Melbourne (11 Feb 2017) and Ignite 2017 (14-17 Feb 2017)
For those not aware there are 2 cool local and national events coming to both Melbourne and Gold Coast…
SQL Saturday582 (Sat...
2017-01-17
553 reads
SQL Saturday 582 Melbourne (11 Feb 2017) and Ignite 2017 (14-17 Feb 2017)
For those not aware there are 2 cool local and national events coming to both Melbourne and Gold Coast… SQL Saturday 582 (Sat 11 Feb 2017). Melbourne. For those looking for...
2017-01-17
4 reads
Azure Cognitive Services API’s with SQL Server 2016 CLR
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Azure Cognitive Services is relatively new functionality within Azure that exposes some truly amazing APIs that...
2016-09-20 (first published: 2016-09-12)
2,104 reads
Blogs
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
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Storytelling with Data: Let's Practice!
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Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers