Setup Excel as Front End Application for SQL Server

In this article, we walk through how to set up a simple Excel interface to work with SQL Server data to insert, update, delete, and select data.

Concat Addition

Level 3 of the Stairway to Synapse Analytics: Analyze Data Using a Spark Pool

Introduction In Level 1 of this series, I discussed Synapse Analytics basics and the steps for creation of the Synapse Workspace. In Level 2, data analysis was done on Data Lake files using Serverless SQL Pool. In Level 3, I will analyze data from the files uploaded in Data Lake container using a Spark Pool. I will […]

LIKE Constraints

In this article, I will cover a bit about the LIKE operator, including how it works, and a bit of history about why it is like it is. After establishing this, I will discuss a bit about how you can (and should) use the LIKE operator in your CHECK constraints to strengthen your data integrity.

Trigger Order II

Outside Interests

I'm a little excited because tomorrow I'm going to my first maker's faire. I'll be volunteering with our local radio club (100 year old, W5IAS, oldest radio club in Oklahoma). In addition, I'll be showing off a few controller chips & Raspberry Pis that I use with my radios for APRS, satellite tracking, and digital […]

Recover a Database from Suspect Mode Step by Step

Learn how you can recover a database that is in suspect mode.

We Stink!

You know I have to say something about Crowdstrike. How could I not? Recovery for most people seems to be well in hand, but there are still places dealing with it. I was personally impacted because I was trying to fly home last Friday. While my airline and the airports I was flying through were […]

Internal Checkpoints

Thinking About Technology

Steve is thinking about technology today, inspired by a developer/architect that asks some philosophical and moral questions of software.