My Thoughts After Completing a Power BI Report Server POC
Last month I worked on a proof of concept testing Power BI Report Server for self-service BI. The client determined...
2017-09-25 (first published: 2017-09-18)
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Adding Replicas into existing Availability Groups
(Be sure to checkout the FREE SQLpassion Performance Tuning Training Plan - you get a weekly email packed with all the...
2017-09-18
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Experimenting with VSCode instead of the ISE
I’ve been playing with PowerShell here and there, learning a few things. As I use the dbatools project, or
I...
2017-09-18
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Database Fundamentals #11: Why Learn T-SQL
If you’ve been following along with the previous 10 Database Fundamentals blog posts, you have a SQL Server installed and...
2017-09-21 (first published: 2017-09-18)
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Uniquifier is a rather unique word isn’t it?
tl;dr; The uniquifier is used to make a non-unique key in a clustered index unique.
Uniquifier is a rather funny name,...
2017-09-22 (first published: 2017-09-18)
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dataMinds Connect 2017 (win a ticket!)
Within two weeks the wait is over: the first edition of dataMinds Connect! For those of you wondering what I’m...
2017-09-18
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SQL Server Schema Compare
A very common requirement which can be satisfied by various tools. Personally I like using Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition...
2017-09-18
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Confidence Intervals for a proportion – using R
What is the difference between reading numbers as they are presented, and interpreting them in a mature, deeper way? One...
2017-09-28 (first published: 2017-09-18)
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Monday Coffee: Should I learn powershell?
This month’s T-SQL Tuesday’s topic was set by Rob Sewell (b|t) and entitled Let’s all get PoSH
It had a massive...
2017-09-18
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Generate Markdown Table of Contents based on files within a folder with PowerShell
Last week I was talking with Constantine Kokkinos (b | t) about generating a Table Of Contents (TOC) for a GitHub repository.
He wrote a cool blog post - Generating...
2017-09-18
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Blogs
Exploring DiskANN: Part I: Understanding the Algorithm before the disk
How I used AI for this postChatGPT to generate images based on info specifically...
Learning Tool – Deepstash
By Brian Kelley
A few months ago I started using Deepstash. Deepstash breaks books into the key...
New article – migrating from a named instance
By Brian Kelley
Do you have a case where you have a named instance you'd like to...
Forums
Understanding Temp Tables and Table Variables in SQL Server
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The Data API Builder MCP Server Tools
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Collecting Data Is Hard
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The Data API Builder MCP Server Tools
The Data API Builder MCP Server, v2.x, includes a number of tools. What actions can these tools perform in your database?
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