Data Modeling for Self-Service BI @ Techorama 2018
I’m delighted to announce I’ll be giving a session about data modeling in a self-service BI environment at Techorama 2018...
2018-03-02
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SQL Server and Evil Greedy Data Types
In a recent post, I talked about SQL Server reads and how the data is stored in pages. One of...
2018-03-02
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2018-03-02
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New Built-in Function CONCAT_WS() – SQL Server 2017
In my previous post on new functions in SQL Server 2017, I discussed about the STRING_AGG function. Here, I am...
2018-03-02
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A Swiss Army Knife Might Not Make the Best Shovel
You might have noticed that I’ve been pretty quiet as of late. We’re working on a super top secret internal...
2018-03-01
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Speaking at the 2018 Techno Security and Digital Forensics Conference
One of my favorite conferences is held in Myrtle Beach, SC, in June. It’s a security and digital forensics conference which...
2018-03-01
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An overview of SQL Server backup-and-restore process
In a manner of speaking, planning and implementing a SQL Server backup design is an art. Backup, Restoration, Recovery, Business...
2018-03-01
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Database Superhero Adventures, March 2018 Edition
I had two SQL Saturdays this month SQLSaturday Cleveland (which was very cold) and SQLSaturday Tampa (which had very nice...
2018-03-01
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Azure SQL Database – Allow Azure Services to Access Server
When you create a “logical” Azure SQL Server (I say logical because we are not really physically creating anything) there...
2018-03-09 (first published: 2018-03-01)
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What do recruitment agents do for contractors?
WIN at IT contracting: A FREE guide showing YOU How to get the most out of Recruitment Agent Relationships
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2018-03-01
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Blogs
When Your Microsoft Fabric Capacity Runs Out: Optimize, Scale Up, Scale Out, or Isolate?
By James Serra
Microsoft Fabric makes it wonderfully easy to put many analytics workloads on one platform....
Accessing the Data API Builder MCP Server from VS Code
By Steve Jones
I recently started playing with the MCP Server for SQL Server, which is a...
From DBA or Data Engineer to AI Engineer: A Realistic Path
If you spend your days tuning queries, managing pipelines, or keeping a production database...
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BIT_COUNT() V
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