Microsoft Power BI Desktop provides users with multiple ways to help shape and transform their data. One of the options users have is scientific calculations, which support operations like cube, square, logarithms, etc. Power BI has this option in the Power Query Editor mode, where the user can easily apply one of these transformations for any number-based columns. In this tip, we will overview this utility in Power BI and how to benefit from it.

Un-Stable Teams

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

At Redgate, the teams change every year and Steve has a few reasons why this is good.

Writing SQL Server code with AI using GitHub Copilot

by Daniel Calbimonte

SQLServerCentral

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Introduction In this article, we will see how to work with GitHub Copilot. GitHub copilot is an interesting plug-in that generates code using AI. The technology is from Microsoft and OpenAI. We will show how to install Copilot, and how to generate SQL Server code (T-SQL) using Copilot. First, we will answer some FAQs about Copilot […]

Planning a Database Testing Strategy for Flyway

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SimpleTalk

With Flyway, you can adopt a test-driven development strategy that will allow you to test and evaluate databases, and database objects, at every phase of the database development lifecycle. The further down the delivery pipeline that bugs appear, the more costly in time and resources they are to fix. This approach will allow you to catch many of them before the database change even gets committed to version control, making a continuous delivery process much easier to adopt and sustain.

The Birth of Computing Was the Birth of Testing

by Grant Fritchey

SQLServerCentral

Uncategorized

Last year I had the most wonderful opportunity. I took part in Data Relay, an event in the UK which tours several cities. Wonderful time, but not the focus here. The very first one was held at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. Without a doubt, you've heard of Alan Turing, Enigma, and […]

Do You Have a Jeff?

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Career Growth

Today Steve wonders if you have a go-to person at work or maybe if you are that person. Or if that is even a good thing in a company. It might be better if there were more tools available to help others.

Leveraging AI Tools for SQL Queries

by mamta_d

SQLServerCentral

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

This article covers the basics of how different AI tools can be used to write SQL.

Use a Table Variable for Logging Entries that Need to Survive Rollbacks.

by lbravo

SQLServerCentral

T-SQL

This article shows how a table variable can be used to capture error information and log it when your code doesn't work as expected.

Fun with Powershell

by Additional Articles

SimpleTalk

PowerShell

Have you ever been in a situation that you want to call a cmdlet or a function with a parameter that depends on a conditional criteria that is available as a list? In this article I will show a technique where you can use PowerShell Dynamic Parameters to assist the user with parameter values.

LangChain Prompt Templates with OpenAI LLMs

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MSSQLTips.com

Learn how to get started with a few sample prompt templates by using the gpt-4 LLM within OpenAI and LangChain in a Databricks notebook.

Scientific Calculations in Power BI - Cube, Square, Logarithms, Powers, Inverse and more

Un-Stable Teams

Writing SQL Server code with AI using GitHub Copilot

Planning a Database Testing Strategy for Flyway

The Birth of Computing Was the Birth of Testing

Do You Have a Jeff?

Leveraging AI Tools for SQL Queries

Use a Table Variable for Logging Entries that Need to Survive Rollbacks.

Fun with Powershell

LangChain Prompt Templates with OpenAI LLMs

Blogs

Stupid Things I Did With AI: ASCII Art

Simple Talks Podcasting in 2026

SSMS 22 still inserting tabs instead of spaces

Forums

Cumulative Update 23 - KB5074819 - Database Mail - No longer working.

Script Task execution error with HTTP request

SQL Server 2025 Standard Developer Edition

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