AI Experiments: Parsing Payment Memos
As part of my running the SQL Saturday charitable foundation, I get sponsorship money from vendors. Primarily Microsoft and AMD, but I hope to change that in the future....
2026-06-15
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5 Starter Projects for Your AI and Data Engineering Portfolio
Reading tutorials is fine. Shipping something is better. If you are trying to break into data engineering or AI, nothing on your resume carries more weight than a GitHub...
2026-06-29 (first published: 2026-06-12)
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The Book of Redgate: Taking Breaks
We work hard at Redgate, though with a good work-life balance. One interesting observation for me (as an American) is how well most of the company in the UK...
2026-06-12
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Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A read-only advisory system does exactly two things: it observes and it recommends. It never acts....
2026-06-11
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Creating a SQL Stored Procedure to Load a SCD2
This is a blog that I am writing for future me and hopefully it’ll help a few of you save some time too! It’s not often that I get...
2026-06-24 (first published: 2026-06-11)
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Funny Money: #SQLNewBlogger
While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I learned something new about the money data type. This post discusses what I learned. Another...
2026-06-10
101 reads
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the database realm the first thing that people do is a straightforward concept, connect the LLM...
2026-06-09
174 reads
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted once before, and agreed to help me out this month by tackling another topic. We’ve...
2026-06-09
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T-SQL Tuesday #199: Back to the on-prem
It’s the second tuesday of the month, which means T-SQL Tuesday time! This month’s topic is chosen by myself, and it’s inspired by a blog post of Alexander Arvidsson....
2026-06-19 (first published: 2026-06-08)
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AI in SQL Server vs PostgreSQL: Vector Search, Embeddings, and RAG Compared
Both SQL Server and PostgreSQL are moving fast into AI territory — and if you manage either (or both), you've probably wondered how they compare when it comes to...
2026-06-22 (first published: 2026-06-08)
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Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion
By DataOnWheels
I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network Protection
Fabric inbound network protection involves two tenant-level controls: Private Link and Block Public Internet...
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