Query Tuning, Why Bother?
Today Grant wonders why we spend so much time trying to learn about query tuning.
Establishing a Connection to PostgreSQL with GoLang
Learn how to use golang to connect to a PostgreSQL database.
Columnstore Indexes are Finally Sorted in SQL Server 2022
There’s a widespread misconception that SQL Server’s columnstore indexes are like an index on every column.
Power BI - How to Download and Get Started
In this article learn how to download, install and get started building your first Power BI report using SQL Server data.
A Culture That Allows Mistakes
The culture in which we work is important. Having a culture that accepts and allows mistakes can help your organization. Not having this can make the environment much worse.
PerfMon: Using SQL Server Performance Counters
Learn how you can use Windows Performance Monitor and the PAL to gather metrics from your SQL Server instances.
DevOps Collaboration and Process Visibility in Flyway Developments
A brief history of the DevOps movement and a discussion of the pivotal role of a tool like Flyway in the DevOps toolchain, when developing and delivering database changes.
How to troubleshoot and fix PostgreSQL performance issues
PostgreSQL database performance is critical for application performance. EzzEddin Abdullah shows how to get information about a query’s performance from the execution plan.
How to Connect to an Analysis Services Database in Power BI
Learn how to work with SSAS data in Power BI in this article.
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
ADF Pipeline Debugging Fails with BadRequest – The Sequel
A while ago I blogged about a use case where a pipeline fails during...
Forums
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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