Acknowledging Success
Annual awards are a fun thing for Steve, and he hopes more organizations will start doing them.
Introduction to SQL Jobs in Azure Data Studio
Learn how to work with SQL Agent Jobs in Azure Data Studio.
A Flyway Teams Callback Script for Auditing SQL Migrations
Demonstrates a cross-database PowerShell callback script for reporting on and auditing Flyway migrations, telling you which scripts were used to create each version, when they were run, who ran them and more.
Raw Data Ingestion into Delta Lake Bronze tables using Azure Synapse Mapping Data Flow
In this article we look at how ingestion will read data from the landing zone and push data into the Bronze layer of the Delta Lake tables for Azure Synapse Analytics.
One to many SQL Server books
Back in the late 90s, I had one large book on my desk with everything I needed – or thought I needed -- to know about SQL Server. It covered T-SQL, installation, backups, security, and more. Over the years, Microsoft has added components like SQL Server Integration Services and features like windowing functions and improved […]
Creating API Driver API Profiles
RESTful APIs offer a straightforward way for businesses to work with external data and offer access to their own data. With more than 24,000 public APIs providing access to limitless data and the typical enterprise leveraging more than 200 applications, teams and developers need more efficient ways to query API data. With the CData API […]
SQL Server Data Classification Comes Alive
Overview Microsoft SQL Server 2012 introduced a feature called data classification, which allows you to mark certain columns with labels, indicating that these columns contain sensitive or special-handling data. For instance, you may want to mark a column containing credit card numbers as "confidential", or sales numbers as "management only". The problem is that you […]
Flyway Teams and the Problem of Database Variants
The 'ShouldExecute' script configuration option in Flyway Teams simplifies 'conditional execution' of SQL migration files. This makes it easier to support multiple application versions from the same Flyway project, to deal with different cultural or legislative requirements. It also helps developers handle environmental differences between development, test and staging, such as the need to support multiple versions or releases of the RDBMS.
Introduction to DAX for paginated reports
SSRS reports can be built using DAX. In this article, Adam Aspin explains how to get started using DAX to build the reports.
Blogs
Car Update September 2026
By Steve Jones
Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
Microsoft Tools for Making Data AI-Ready
By James Serra
Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
By Steve Jones
Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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