Power BI Monthly Digest – July 2018
This month I continued my series with my friend Manuel Quintana [Blog | Twitter] as we guide you through some of...
2018-07-23
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Database Fundamentals #18: The SELECT Statement
In my previous Database Fundamentals post, I showed you how to use the Query Designer to build a query. That...
2018-07-23
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Zero Width Characters
Another bit of miscellany, this one shows how you can use zero width characters to tag/fingerprint data. Reminds me of...
2018-07-23
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PsPing your Azure SQL Server
PsPing tool is part of the sysinternals PsTools download found – ( https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psping) This is the tool of choice when wanting to...
2018-07-23
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Off on Holiday
Another break for me. This might actually be the first year I use all my vacation allowance.
In any case, I’m...
2018-07-23
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Processes can dramatically improve your work until they don’t.
As always with something like this, I like to start with a definition so we are all starting in the...
2018-07-23
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Set up Instant File Initialization for SQL Server
When a space growth operation is done within SQL Server (create, restore, auto-grow) the engine places zeros across the file...
2018-07-23
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10 SQL Saturdays – and a personal parting of ways
I’ve written many posts on SQL Saturdays , especially the one at Louisville. This one is a bit different. This is...
2018-07-23
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Extended events (XE): Create a simple XE
When someone says still uses SQL Profiler.
Image is taken from hereAn ancient, dark place, a source of many legends and...
2018-07-23
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Taking the Linux plunge
I’m a Windows guy.
Kinda have had to be, given my profession as a SQL Server DBA. But recently I’ve become...
2018-07-23
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Blogs
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
Don’t Fear the Technology
By Brian Kelley
The concern that a particular technology is going to destroy the world seems to...
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