Focusing on Business Value
This was a fun talk with David Atkinson at Redgate. We talk satellites, finance, and more. Including some early history of the company. We are talking about how to...
2019-11-14 (first published: 2019-11-08)
239 reads
The Voice of the DBA
Voting for the PASS Board
Voting is open for the PASS Board, as of yesterday (Nov 6). The candidate page is up, and there are 6 amazing candidates for 3 slots. They are: Chris...
2019-11-07
72 reads
Powerhell Notebooks in ADS–A Minor Issue
I heard about the addition of PoSh as a kernel for notebooks in Azure Data Studio. This is in the November 2019 release, and you can download/upgrade today to...
2019-11-06
41 reads
Teams in SQL Clone and SQL Provision
SQL Clone v4 is out, and the big change is the addition of the Teams feature. I guess technically this is just for SQL Clone, which is included in...
2019-11-04
53 reads
Good Resume Examples
I talk about resumes, enhancing your career, and finding your dream job at various events. This might be one of my most popular talks, and I’ve been lucky enough...
2019-11-01
339 reads
Removing SSMS Completion Time–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. If you’ve upgraded your SSMS lately, you might...
2019-11-07 (first published: 2019-10-30)
780 reads
OK, Microsoft Teams is cool
I’ve had a lot of video collaboration tools come across my desk over the last decade. I’ve depended on many of these to communicate with Redgate in the UK...
2019-10-28
61 reads
Make the most of your PASS Summit Evenings
At this year’s PASS Summit, I’ll only be around for a short time, and really only Monday night. I have two pre-cons to do and then need to get...
2019-10-26
175 reads
Arrays in PowerShell–#SQLNewBlogger
Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. This isn’t necessarily an expert post, but more...
2019-10-23
128 reads
Adding a License to GitHub
I’ve rarely thought about licensing my code, but it’s something to be aware of for your work. Most of us freely share code, though I have started to add...
2019-10-21
51 reads
Blogs
Stop Using Pandas for Aggregations — Try DuckDB Instead
If you've ever loaded a 2 GB CSV into pandas just to run a...
Understanding Fabric Ontology
By James Serra
What problem is Fabric Ontology trying to solve? For years, most data conversations have...
QUOTENAME Basics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A...
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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?
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