COMING SOON - New Content
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Hey everyone. Long time no chat. I wanted to write this quick post to let you know why there haven't been any videos in...
2020-07-16
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COMING SOON - New Content
Watch this week's video on YouTube
Hey everyone. Long time no chat. I wanted to write this quick post to let you know why there haven't been any videos in...
2020-07-16
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COMING SOON – New Content
Hey everyone. Long time no chat. I wanted to write this quick post to let you know why there haven’t been any videos in a while. If you are...
2020-07-16
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MAXDOP: not quite what you think
An important change to the MAXDOP documentation was made last week, with a good write up by Pedro Lopes (Twitter), a Program Manager on the SQL Server team at...
2020-07-15
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Daily Coping 15 Jul 2020
I’ve started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m...
2020-07-15
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Power BI Monthly Digest – July 2020
In this month’s Power BI Digest Matt and I will again guide you through some of the latest and greatest Power BI updates this month.
2020-07-23 (first published: 2020-07-15)
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How to Spell and Capitalize tempdb for SQL Server
No matter what I write in this post, some of y'all are going to tell me I'm wrong. That's inevitable, because I'm writing about tempdb: a database so complex...
2020-07-24 (first published: 2020-07-15)
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Setting up a New SQL Change Automation Project
It’s been awhile since I’ve set up a new project in Redgate’s SQL Change Automation project. I’ve mostly used this in Visual Studio, but I need to demo something...
2020-07-23 (first published: 2020-07-15)
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3D Printing Ear Savers Update July 14th 2020
I’ve now been printing surgical mask straps aka “Ear Savers” since April 5th. It has been a wild journey getting started and obtaining all the supplies needed such as...
2020-07-14
15 reads
3D Printing Ear Savers Update July 14th 2020
I’ve now been printing surgical mask straps aka “Ear Savers” since April 5th. It has been a wild journey getting started and obtaining all the supplies needed such as...
2020-07-14
148 reads
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Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
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Car Update: August 2026
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Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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