Webinar: How to unlock the value of frequent deployments
I’m doing a webinar next week, on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, that looks at some of the learnings from the 2020 State of Database DevOps report. I’ll be discussing...
2020-04-09
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SSMS 18.5 Fixes from Redgate
I wrote yesterday about the issues with SSMS 18.5 and some of the add-ins from Redgate. I posted the release of the SQL Prompt fix (here: ). The teams...
2020-04-15 (first published: 2020-04-09)
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SQL Saturday Organizer Q&A
A little while ago, Ray Kim (blog | twitter) asked a few folks who organize SQL Saturday events a few questions for his blog. The results are in and...
2020-04-09
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SQL Prompt and SSMS 18.5
I downloaded SSMS 18.5, as there were a lot of fixes in here and thought this was a good upgrade to try. I’d heard reports of major changes in...
2020-04-08
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Jupyter Book Challenges in ADS
I was excited to try the Jupyter Book feature in the March Azure Data Studio (ADS) release. I’ve thought notebooks were an interesting way to teach and I’m looking...
2020-04-22 (first published: 2020-04-08)
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Join me (virtually) in Adelaide!
I will be presenting a session to the Adelaide SQL Server User Group on April 15th, 2020, and if you’re awake at that time (it’ll be 9pm on April...
2020-04-08
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Data Bits – Episode 5 – Louis Davidson
The one and only – Dr. SQL – Louis Davidson (b|t|t|t) stopped by for a chat! Relational Algebra, Disney, Dollywood and a SQL Dump Truck ??
The post Data Bits...
2020-04-17 (first published: 2020-04-08)
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Has this login been used recently?
I get asked this every now and again, along with the companion When was the last time this login was ... Continue reading
2020-04-20 (first published: 2020-04-08)
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Make Database Code Reusable in SQL Source Control with Deployment Filters
When I first began working with databases, I was lucky to land a job at a little start-up which had solid development and operations processes: all our code, including...
2020-04-20 (first published: 2020-04-08)
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Switching between different Azure Data Factory environments
When working with Azure Data Factory, it’s possible you have multiple ADF environments. For example, you can have one for dev, one for test and one for production. Unfortunately,...
2020-04-21 (first published: 2020-04-08)
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Blogs
What Does It Mean to Make Data AI-Ready?
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 1 (This is the first article in a three-part series...
Using the Data API Builder–VS Live San Diego Resources
By Steve Jones
Thanks for attending my sessions. Resources below: Slides: Using Data API Builder GitHub repo: ...
Running a Local LLM On Your Laptop Resources
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone that attended my sessions at VS Live San Diego yesterday. It...
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How many Azure SQL DB Hyperscale HA replicas can be configured as of Sept 2026?
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