Part 1: Predictive Modeling using R and SQL Server Machine Learning Services
To R or not to R? A few months ago, I asked myself an important question – which language to learn first – R or Python? From my research,...
2018-11-12
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SQL Roadie
Azure Cosmos DB Free Trial – walk through of Gremlin API for Graph
After the 2018 Microsoft Ignite event, Microsoft announced a free trial of Azure Cosmos DB. For those who are eager...
2018-10-12 (first published: 2018-10-01)
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Azure Cosmos DB Free Trial – walk through of Gremlin API for Graph
After the 2018 Microsoft Ignite event, Microsoft announced a free trial of Azure Cosmos DB. For those who are eager to check out Cosmos DB, this is a great...
2018-10-01
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Azure Cosmos DB – Partition and Throughput
In my previous article Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB, I mentioned Partition and Throughput only briefly. Adopting a good partition scheme...
2018-08-17 (first published: 2018-08-05)
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Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB
What is Azure Cosmos DB?
Cosmos DB started as an internal project – “Project Florence” – at Microsoft in 2010. It is a...
2018-04-29
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Export data from Cosmos DB to SQL Server
Cosmos DB is Microsoft’s latest NoSQL database offering low latency, high scalability and geo-distribution to any Azure region. Read Microsoft...
2018-04-29
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Live Query Statistics – SQL Server 2016
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2016 has a handy new feature to View Live Query Statistics. This feature also works...
2018-03-07
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Because loyalty is a two-way street
Moving a dog to Australia with no money at hand
I always had plans to move to Brisbane, Australia, where my...
2016-02-27
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Database Mail shutting down. Mail queue has been stopped.
DB mail in our production servers started acting up last week. We have SQL Server 2012 SP1. There were a couple...
2015-07-27
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XQuery
In 2005 version of SQL Server, XQuerying was introduced. It’s a powerful feature and when used together with a CTE,...
2013-03-27
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Blogs
Resetting on the AI hype train
By Brian Kelley
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
A New Word: Etherness
By Steve Jones
etherness – n. the wistful feeling of looking around a gathering of loved ones,...
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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