Palantir is an American software platform that brings together business data from different sources into a unified model, enabling faster, more informed and controlled decision-making. Companies typically turn to...
2026-11-06
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While attending SQLCon and FabCon Europe in Barcelona, there were a lot of announcements that caught my attention. But there was one during the SQL keynote that made my...
2026-11-05
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(This is the second post in a three-part series on how AI is changing the way we build solutions in Microsoft Fabric. The first post explored the new unified...
2026-11-05
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I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new Fixed Server roles added to SQL Server. They are supposed to help ensure the principle...
2026-11-04
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During COVID, I attended training on software/enterprise architecture given by Mark Richards. One of the things he pointed out that differentiates an architect from a senior administrator/developer/engineer is that...
2026-11-03
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For me, the objective is straightforward: have a backup strategy that is reliable, understandable, maintainable, and, most importantly, restorable. A successful backup job is good news. A successful restore...
2026-11-03
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Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026. If you’d like to reply, your response should go live on November 10th, 2026. All...
2026-11-03
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AgentDBA began as a command line. That suits one DBA on one server, but it’s a poor way to give a team a read-only advisor. The obvious fix is...
2026-11-02
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I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that often. Mainly I do some SQL Server or Azure SQL experimentation. Sometimes I might create...
2026-11-02
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This post shows you how to install containerd as the container runtime for Kubernetes and configure it to use the systemd cgroup driver. The commands below were tested on...
2026-11-01
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This month’s blogging party is hosted by Jeff Ianucci – his challenge is to...
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
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This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
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I have a table, dbo.MasterBrands, with this data:
BrandID OfficialName 1 Samsung 2 Apple 3 Microsoft 4 Adidas 5 Coca-ColaI run this query. What is returned for Coca-Cola?
SELECT CHOOSE(BrandID, 'Conglomerate', 'Tech and Design', 'Desktop', 'Apparel') FROM dbo.MasterBrands;See possible answers