Why I Practice Presentations
I had a new presentation to give this week at IT/DevConnections. This is a paid for conference, and I want...
2016-10-13
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Too many indexes!
Indexes are great. They speed up our queries. In fact, without them relational database systems wouldn’t work.
Different indexes work best...
2016-10-13
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My thoughts on Recertifying your MCSE through Microsoft Virtual Academy
A couple of years back I achieved the Microsoft certification MCSE – Business Intelligence. You can read all about that process in...
2016-10-13
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You don't need any Training? OK...I believe you.
This week's Super duper IT training offers are in:
If you see any that take your fancy let me know. Drop...
2016-10-13
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Microsoft Certifications
Every now and again I would navigate to Microsoft’s certification page and see what / if any changes have taken place...
2016-10-13
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A quick note comparing ISNULL vs COALESCE
There are hundreds of blogs that compare the T-SQL ISNULL function with the ANSI standard COALESCE function. There are also...
2016-10-13
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MS Access – Store a Different Value than Displayed in a Combo Box
It is occasionally usefully to display a different values in an Access combo box than what is actually stored in...
2016-10-13
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Check Database Server Workload - Batches/ Sec
Today's post is about a simple but very useful query.
One of the basic things one needs to check is the...
2016-10-12
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This Week In Data – Episode 8 (Mastering the Tech Interview)
Welcome back to another episode of This Week In Data! If you missed our previous episodes, you can watch them...
2016-10-12
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Why Can’t I View My Power BI Content Pack?
I had a call with a customer this morning discussing different ways to publish Power BI content and how to...
2016-10-20 (first published: 2016-10-12)
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Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
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