Understanding Windows Server Cluster Quorum Options
If you're deploying SQL Server, you are likely running business-critical applications on it and you need to ensure it's protected from downtime and data loss.
How to work with web information, maps, and images in Power BI
In this article, you will learn how you can add the map and image visuals to your Power BI report and have them update as you select different data values.
Bucket Sort Algorithm in Python to Sort a List of Array Values
Learn about how to implement a simple bucket sort algorithm using Python code to sort a list of array values.
How to Find Missing Rows in a Table
When someone says, “Find all the rows that have been deleted,” it’s a lot easier when the table has an Id/Identity column. Let’s take the Stack Overflow Users table:
The Programming Languages We Use
Steve comments on some programming languages and how we approach those we choose to use.
Using pre-commit to prevent simple mistakes
Git hooks are a useful way of triggering code quality scripts. The pre-commit tool provides us with a way of doing this and tapping into the huge library of scripts already in existence to ensure our code complies with general linting and formatting good practice.
Database Sharding to help Improve Performance and Maintenance Tasks
In this article, we will review the benefits and drawbacks of using database partitioning (sharding) to help improve performance and maintenance tasks.
How to Create a Box and Whisker Plot in Power BI Desktop
In this article, we look at how to build a box and whisker plot chart using Power BI Desktop with a step-by-step walkthrough.
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Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
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Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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