The Local OLLAMA Gui
I ran a small ollama model in a container and have been doing some experiments. One of the things I wanted to do was get a GUI so I...
2025-01-27
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The Voice of the DBA
A New Word: Amoransia
amoransia – n. the melodramatic thrill of unrequited love; the longing to pine for someone you can never have, wallowing in devotion to some impossible person who could give...
2025-01-24
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The Data API Builder Start and Add Extensions in VS Code
One of the things that I like about the Data API Builder (DAB) is that there is a lot of CLI work that can be done. However, lots of...
2025-01-22
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Another AI Faux Pax
I was experimenting with a local model (article) and as a part of this, I pulled down a web interface for my model in a container. I ran it...
2025-01-31 (first published: 2025-01-20)
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Monday Monitor Tips: Using the PowerShell API
Redgate Monitor has grown tremendously from its early days and I find many customers using this to monitor lots of servers, like thousands. In those cases, some of tasks...
2025-02-03 (first published: 2025-01-20)
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Setting up a Local LLM
I wanted to experiment a bit with an LLM and training it, so I decided to try a few things. I looked at a few tutorials (see the references...
2025-01-29 (first published: 2025-01-20)
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Advice I Like: Apologies
How to apologize: quickly, specifically, sincerely. Don’t ruin an apology with an excuse – from Excellent Advice for Living This is great advice. I remember myself often saying “I’m...
2025-01-17
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Removing the REST Endpoint in the Data API Builder
The more I work with the Data API Builder (DAB), the more I lean towards GraphQL instead of REST. Rest isn’t bad, but it’s tough. This is part of...
2025-01-27 (first published: 2025-01-15)
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T-SQL Tuesday #182: Personal Integrity
It’s time for the first T-SQL Tuesday blog of 2025, with an invite from the first non-founder to host a party, Rob Farley. I reached out to Rob and...
2025-01-14
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Grinding Away: Mary Spender
A few years ago I stumbled on this video and loved it. That led me to Mary’s page and this cover of John Mayer’s Stop This Train: Since then...
2025-01-13
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Blogs
From Data Custodian to Innovation Catalyst: The Evolving Role of the CDO
By Chris Yates
There was a time when the Chief Data Officer lived in the shadows of...
Down the Rabbit Hole: Dealing with Ad-Hoc Data Requests
By Rayis Imayev
"But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked."Oh, you can’t help...
Adding a Local Model to Ollama through the GUI
By Steve Jones
I saw some good reviews of the small gemma3 model in a few places...
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Estimated Rows
I have two calls to the GENERATE_SERIES TVF in this code:
SELECT TOP 10 gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 10) AS gs ORDER BY NEWID () OPTION (RECOMPILE); go DECLARE @a int = 10; SELECT TOP (@a) gs.value FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, @a) AS gs ORDER BY NEWID () OPTION (RECOMPILE);In the actual query plans, what is the estimated number of rows for each batch? See possible answers