More CPU Means More Data
Faster CPUs allow us to perform more complex modeling and analysis of variables, and hopefully come up with better decisions. However that more complex analysis means more data.
2012-09-13
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Editorials
Creativity
What if you could stop all work for a month and have people find ways to improve the business? Would you take the chance?
2012-09-12
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Mining and Algorithms
The algorithms that you use to query or mine data are very important. Amazon knows their recommendations algorithms are important. Do you know what's important in your job?
2012-09-11
274 reads
A Cloudy Future
The future of employment in the technology industry means learning to do more with less.
2012-09-10
139 reads
Document First, Code Later
Phil Factor on the many advantages of building the code from the documentation. For one, it forces us to learn the language and concepts of the business processes before designing the schema.
2012-09-10
292 reads
The Dream Machine
This Friday Steve Jones has a fun poll. If your new boss told you to spec out a machine, what would you choose?
2012-09-07
142 reads
Privacy
Privacy is a big deal in the digital world, but it's also something companies don't handle well. Steve Jones notes that however things change in the future, the data professional will need to pay more attention to issues in this area.
2012-09-06
98 reads
Rogue Algorithms
As computers get more complex and automated, the chance for rogue algorithms grows. Steve Jones reminds us that we should be careful in how we code and that a little forethought from managers can help.
2012-09-05
201 reads
Ridiculous
Bad behavior at conferences hasn't been a problem at SQL Server events, but it has been elsewhere. Steve Jones thinks this is unacceptable.
2012-09-04
335 reads
2012-09-03
62 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 4: Transformers – Encoder, Decoder, and Attention
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 3 where we covered LLM models open/closed and their parameters, Today...
Flyway Tips: Multiple Projects
By Steve Jones
One of the nice things about Flyway Desktop is that it helps you manage...
What DevOps Look Like in Microsoft Fabric
By HeyMo0sh
Microsoft Fabric (not to be confused with the more general term “fabric” in DevOps)...
Forums
Can an Azure App Service Managed Identity be used for SQL Login?
I'm fairly certain I know the answer to this from digging into it yesterday,...
Azure Synapse database refresh
Hi Team, I am trying to refresh the Azure Synapse Dedicated pool from production...
how to write this query?
hi everyone I am not sure how to write the query that will produce...
Question of the Day
Fun with JSON I
I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers