My #SQLCareer Day–July 19
I’ve asked for #SQLCareer posts, and I haven’t done any. My job isn’t a data platform DBA or developer, but...
2018-07-20
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Getting Schooled by Brent
Earlier this year Brent Ozar invited me to attend some of his online classes for free. Free is good! Training...
2018-07-27 (first published: 2018-07-19)
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SQL Solver
A few months back I ran across this article for checking semantic equivalencies of queries. That’s interesting, from the perspective...
2018-07-19
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Backup and Restore operations with SQL Server 2017 Docker containers using SQL Operations Studio
In this 18th article of the series, we’ll discuss the concepts of database backup-and-restore operations with SQL Server 2017 Docker containers...
2018-07-19
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Data Masker for SQL Server and Temporal Tables
A customer had a question recently about using Data Masker for SQL Server and temporal (or system versioned) tables. I...
2018-07-18
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TDD for SQL Server using tSQLt course certificates now available
I have been asked a few times now for course completion certificates so I have decided to give out certificates to anyone who pays for a plan and sends...
2018-07-18
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TDD for SQL Server using tSQLt course certificates now available
I have been asked a few times now for course completion certificates so I have decided to give out certificates...
2018-07-18
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Performance Tuning Exercise: Lazy Table Spool
Folks, it’s time for a bit of a performance tuning exercise. Below is a real world situation where a stored...
2018-07-18
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Is this a SQL Provision Cloned Database?
As I work with SQL Provision, I keep finding new questions and concerns from clients and customers. Recently I had...
2018-07-18
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Data lakes and swamps, oh my
I was lamenting to my friend and fellow MVP Shamir Charania (blog | Twitter) that I didn’t have a topic for...
2018-08-01 (first published: 2018-07-18)
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Blogs
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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