AI Data

Data is important for AI projects, but the ethics and privacy implications are complex. A new project from Microsoft aims to help users control their data and make it available for use.

Creating and Using Inline Table-Valued Functions

Inline Table Valued Functions (iTVFs) are one type of user defined function that is available to implement in SQL Server since SQL Server 2000.

iTVFs remain a very useful tool in our SQL armoury, so let's quickly revisit them and the different ways we can use them in our code.

The Basics - Level 1 of the Stairway to Query Store

Introduction Instead of going straight into the topic of the Query Store, I would like to start this Stairway Series by mentioning a few performance tuning scenarios that are very common to production DBAs. I think most of us have been in one of these situations at some time: An application experiencing slowness after a […]

Improve Power BI Performance with Horizontal Filtering

In this third part of this Power BI optimization series we look at how horizontal filtering and other changes can improve overall performance

DevOps and Exhibits

DevOps continues to improve the way we build software and Steve has a good example in today's editorial.

Experimenting with PostgreSQL in a Container

Learn how to get started using a container to run PostgreSQL, or really any other RDBMS, including a gotcha to watch out for.

SQL Server High CPU Query Use Monitoring with PowerShell

In this part of the PowerShell monitoring tips we look at how to capture the top queries that are consuming the most CPU from all monitored instances.

Application down after SQL Service logon account change

I was working on one of my clients server recently. This was during a normal maintenance monthly activity to reboot the database server every first weekend. I rebooted the machine, and as per the defined steps, I checked the SQL services after the reboot to ensure they were up. I verified all SQL Services and […]

Detecting Logins

A recent issue with malware and SQL Servers has Steve wondering if you would detect a new, and unapproved, login added to an instance.

Hidden treasures of SQL Prompt

You are invited to discover features of SQL Prompt that you may not even know exist. We will will walk you through the treasure map of SQL Prompt and show you where all the great features are buried.