Using ChatGPT for Writing
I have been experimenting more and more with ChatGPT on a regular basis. I’m interested and curious how this will help. I had a friend at one of the...
2023-05-26
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Working with ALS – ALS Awareness Month 2023
I have been living with ALS for the past two years. I was diagnosed in September 2022 but had my first symptoms and started researching what was going on...
2023-06-09 (first published: 2023-05-25)
135 reads
Denver Dev Days
I’m going to attend the Denver Dev Days 2023 in June. I submitted a few sessions and got two picked. I’ll be doing these talks: Blogging for the Tech...
2023-05-25
9 reads
Branding Yourself for a Dream Job – Houston SQL Server User Group
I delivered a presentation for the Houston SQL Server User Group tonight, virtually from Colorado. I’d love to go down, but couldn’t do it today. The slides for the...
2023-05-25
28 reads
Setting up a Local http Server with Node
Setting up a local web server was something that I haven’t done in a long time and this was really easy. This post shows how to do this with...
2023-05-24
185 reads
Build announcement: Microsoft Fabric
The HUGE announcement at Microsoft Build yesterday was Microsoft Fabric (see Introducing Microsoft Fabric: Data analytics for the era of AI), now available in public preview. I have been...
2023-06-12 (first published: 2023-05-24)
539 reads
SQL Server Backup Encryption and Compression
In SQL Server you can also compress your encrypted backups. Unlike TDE this has been possible with Backup Encryption since the feature was first made available, and there have...
2023-06-12 (first published: 2023-05-24)
373 reads
Microsoft Fabric – the first look
Microsoft has just announced Microsoft Fabric during the Microsoft Build conference. This is a unified analytic solution of the era of AI. Microsoft Fabric is an end-to-end, unified analytics...
2023-05-24
12 reads
Microsoft Fabric – the first look
Microsoft has just announced Microsoft Fabric during the Microsoft Build conference. This is a unified analytic solution of the era of AI. Microsoft Fabric is an end-to-end, unified analytics...
2023-05-24
471 reads
Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 05-15-2023 The Graduate & the Very BIG Week
MY WILL, MY BUG, MY GRADUATEJust a little under 18 and one half years ago, William came into my life. There are a lot of words to describe a new...
2023-05-23
33 reads
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #201 Invitation: Temp Tables, Friend or Foe?
By ReviewMyDB
My T-SQL Tuesday #201 invitation. Do temp tables help performance or hurt it? I...
Monday Monitor Tips: The MCP Server
By Steve Jones
I have been experimenting with MCP servers in a few ways, and pressing on...
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK
Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
Forums
Test topic for spam filtering
A new thread for testing the spam filter. Adding a link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather
Removing production permissions when restoring database to non-prod
Hello experts, An application team has asked us to modify a SQL Agent job....
Advanced T-SQL: Replacing Slow Cursors with Window Functions
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Advanced T-SQL: Replacing Slow Cursors...