SQL Server Security Checklist
In this article I will share the Microsoft SQL Server Security Checklist that I have used for many of my clients to help them achieve PCI compliance. This can...
2023-09-11
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A New Word: Vulture Shock
vulture shock – n. the nagging sense that no matter how many days you spend in a foreign country, you never quite manage to step foot in it –...
2023-09-08
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Raiders of the Lost ADX – dataminds connect 2023
I’m very excited for this year’s edition of dataminds connect. It’s the first time I’m going to co-present a live session. My fellow explorer is the amazing bearded Johan...
2023-09-08
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I don’t blog anymore, but not because I work at Microsoft
Last year I had a health scare that got my blood pressure at 200-and-something over 100-and-something, soon to be wired up to an IV drip, put through a CT...
2023-09-08
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Decimal Display in Power Query
Introduction
Power Query is a versatile tool found in both Power BI and Excel, facilitating data transformation and manipulation. Despite its efficiency in numerous data tasks, managing decimal values can...
2023-10-02 (first published: 2023-09-07)
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Smooth Transition from Azure Synapse to Microsoft Fabric
The buzz around Microsoft Fabric has been growing steadily since its announcement. This game-changing platform unifies several critical Azure services, including Data Factory, Synapse, and Power BI, all under...
2023-09-07
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Future Data Driven is Coming Sept 27 for FREE
The Future Data Driven 2023 virtual conference is coming on September 27. Register today and save a note in your calendar. I have been honored to speak at this...
2023-09-07
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Speaking at the Future Data Driven Summit 2023
I’m going to give a lightning talk at the online (free) Future Data Driven Summit. The subject is How I saved 80% on my Azure Data Factory Costs. The...
2023-09-08 (first published: 2023-09-07)
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How to curb aggressive parallelism in Microsoft SQL Server
Microsoft SQL Server, like most modern database systems, can convert a query into a set of parallel instructions to improve efficiency. This is map-reduce before map-reduce was a popular...
2023-10-02 (first published: 2023-09-06)
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Running Flyway from PowerShell–A Gotcha
I ran across an interesting gotcha while trying to run a Flyway command from PowerShell. Specifically, the snapshot command and providing a parameter that is the snapshot.filename parameter. Someone...
2023-09-06
154 reads
Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
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PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Tables
Which of the following psql meta commands (also called backslash or slash commands) will provide information about tables within a database?
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