Temper, Temper
Possibly the single most influential event in my career happened over 25 years ago. I lost my temper at a...
2016-08-15
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What is Enterprise Architecture?
This is an interesting question. Lets look at couple of definitions starting with Wikipedia’s definition
“Enterprise architecture (EA) is "a well-defined...
2016-08-15
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Does sp_rename on a column preserve the ms_description?
Did some checking as couldn't find help in the MSDN documentation. My test on SQL 2016 shows that since the...
2016-08-15
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Does sp_rename on a column preserve the ms_description?
Did some checking as couldn't find help in the MSDN documentation. My test on SQL 2016 shows that since the...
2016-08-15
405 reads
SQLSaturday Indianapolis Wrap-Up
This weekend, I attended SQLSaturday in Indianapolis for the first time. It’s one of the larger events in the Midwest...
2016-08-15
473 reads
Bigger Fact Table for Wide World Importers
Microsoft released a new sample database a couple of months back: Wide World Importers. It’s quite great: not every (unnecessary...
2016-08-22 (first published: 2016-08-12)
3,149 reads
Are SQL Saturday’s Worth It?
This past weekend I was fortunate enough to be a part of Louisville’s (for those local the ‘ville) SQL Saturday event held...
2016-08-18 (first published: 2016-08-12)
1,683 reads
CJIS and the Microsoft Cloud
Having a cloud you can trust is important. Microsoft takes security and compliance extremely seriously in both the commercial and government...
2016-08-12
606 reads
Next for the PoSh VC: PowerShell, SQL and Power BI
That’s right, PowerShell & Power BI. How does this work you ask? Well back in July, Rob Sewell ( b | t ) gave us a preview of this,...
2016-08-12
22 reads
Next for the PoSh VC: PowerShell, SQL and Power BI
That’s right, PowerShell & Power BI.
How does this work you ask?
Well back in July, Rob Sewell ( b | t ) gave us...
2016-08-12
253 reads
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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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Tables
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Building a Support Ticket Triage Report with IIF() and CHOOSE() in SQL Server
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Question of the Day
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Tables
Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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