Foreign Keys in SQL Data Generator
A customer recently asked about using FKs in SQL Data Generator, and I decided to write a short post showing how these work. The Scenario I’ve got a copy...
2024-03-06 (first published: 2024-02-26)
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The Voice of the DBA
A New Word: Proluctance
proluctance – n. the paradoxical urge to avoid doing something you’ve been looking forward to – opening a decisive letter, meeting up with a friend who’s finally back in...
2024-02-23
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Adding Git LFS Support – #SQLNewBlogger
I got this message recently while committing some changes: This post shows my work in adding Git LFS support to GitHub. Another post for me that is simple and...
2024-03-04 (first published: 2024-02-21)
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A New Word:Maugry
maugry – adj. afraid that you’ve been mentally deranged all your life and everybody around you knows, but none of them mention it to you directly because they feel...
2024-02-16
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Friday Flyway Tips–Capture the Filegroup for Tables
A customer asked recently why Flyway doesn’t detect the filegroup for some changes. I showed them it does and decided to write a post on this. I’ve been working...
2024-03-01 (first published: 2024-02-16)
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Knowing String Defaults in T-SQL–#SQLNewBlogger
For years I’ve assumed I knew the string defaults, but I realized that’s not right. This post looks at what I learned. Another post for me that is simple...
2024-02-26 (first published: 2024-02-14)
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T-SQL Tuesday #171–Helping a Customer Fix Something
It’s that time of the month for a new blog party at T-SQL Tuesday. This month we have Brent Ozar hosing, and it’s a good topic. I wondered what...
2024-02-13
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Friday Flyway Tips–Dark Mode
I saw a post that Flyway Desktop has a dark mode and I had to try it out. I’ve been working with Flyway Desktop for work more and more...
2024-02-09
31 reads
A New Word: Wellium
wellium – n. an excuse you come up with to rationalize a disappointing outcome – telling yourself that you weren’t in the mood for that sold-out show anyway, that...
2024-02-09
32 reads
Using the T-SQL Error Functions–#SQLNewBlogger
I was working with a customer that was doing some error handling in procs and helped them do some error tracking. As we were working through things, I realized...
2024-02-21 (first published: 2024-02-07)
628 reads
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Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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