Thank you to Data Platform WIT and DEI for hosting Mental Health and Wellness Day! I was honored to be included. To see the full lineup, please visit https://www.meetup.com/data-platform-dei/events/293091941/...
2023-05-26 (first published: 2023-05-05)
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I’m heading to SQL Saturday Jacksonville 2023 today, speaking tomorrow. After not making any of their events, I went in 2022 and am back for their 15th event this...
2023-05-05
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Chysalism – n. the amniotic tranquility of being indoors during a thunderstorm? While I love the sun, I did enjoy thunderstorms when I lived in Virginia. Something neat about...
2023-05-05
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May 3rd represents a small but significant milestone in my career. It was 15 years ago today, on May 3, 2008, when I delivered my first public technical presentation....
2023-05-19 (first published: 2023-05-03)
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There has been a lot of attention given to ChatGPT and AI over the last month or two. I’ve tried a few things with the public interface at Open.ai....
2023-05-12 (first published: 2023-05-03)
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As I have mentioned in prior blog posts, I have been writing a data architecture book, which I started last November. The title of the book is “Deciphering Data...
2023-05-15 (first published: 2023-05-03)
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This blog post aims to provide an overview of Azure Storage Accounts. It will explain how to create them and use them effectively. Azure Storage Account Azure Storage Account...
2023-05-19 (first published: 2023-05-03)
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Thank you so much to those of you who were able to attend this three-hour, C# packed session! The Power BI Cruise was an incredible conference, and I cannot...
2023-05-12 (first published: 2023-05-02)
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Hello Dear Reader! My lastest blog on our Azure FastTrack blog for Microsoft is live, Monitoring Deadlocks in Azure SQL Managed Instance. Here's a little from the blog:To paraphrase Annie,...
2023-05-10 (first published: 2023-05-02)
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This is part of a series of new job blog posts. You can find them all here. As a DBA, the first six weeks on the job can be...
2023-05-10 (first published: 2023-05-01)
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By Zikato
A cryptic message, a book cipher hidden in art provenance records, and a trail...
By Steve Jones
A customer was trying to compare two tables and capture a state as a...
By Zikato
When I'm looking at a query, I bet it's bad if I see... a...
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