We keep adding stuff to Redgate Monitor, and it’s easy to miss some of the improvements. Here’s one that’s been around quite awhile, but while discussing the product with...
2026-11-02 (first published: 2026-10-26)
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Founded in 2014 by three data enthusiasts, Joyful Craftsmen has grown into an international Data & AI company. Explore our journey, the principles behind our work, and the next...
2026-10-26
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The following came across my YouTube feed today. It’s an interview with General James Mattis, USMC, Retired, talking about lifelong learning, the expectations of learning in the Marine Corps,...
2026-10-28 (first published: 2026-10-23)
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“You don’t need more time because you already have all the time that you will ever get; you need more focus.” – from Excellent Advice for Living Boy, I...
2026-10-30 (first published: 2026-10-23)
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I don’t currently manage Microsoft 365 Copilot in an enterprise environment, but it is one of those technologies that I want to understand better. As AI becomes part of...
2026-11-06 (first published: 2026-10-23)
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If you are migrating a data warehouse, there is a question worth asking before you start: should you recreate the existing solution on the new platform, or use the...
2026-10-26 (first published: 2026-10-22)
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I’m back from a great vacation. I had the chance to visit two new countries (for me and my wife) and many new cities as we cruised around the...
2026-10-23 (first published: 2026-10-22)
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Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8 million Hacker News articles that that I used for my talk on SQL Server-based vector...
2026-10-26 (first published: 2026-10-19)
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This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a break with my wife. I think I’m in Croatia (or off the coast) today, but...
2026-10-13
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You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your SQL – Intro to window functions” at GitHub.
The post dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides &...
2026-10-19 (first published: 2026-10-12)
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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...
By Steve Jones
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