A Self-Serve System that Allows Developers to Refresh Databases (Part 2)
Dive deep into the details of part 2 in this series of creating a solution so Developers can start a restore of Production to test.
The Death of the GDPR
The GDPR is struggling with enforcement against some of the larger tech companies. Steve thinks this is a problem, but it might not matter for smaller companies.
Power BI and The Matrix: A Challenge
The Matrix is one of the many built-in visualizations found in Power BI. While the Matrix is easy to populate, filtering it is not so straightforward. In this article, Dennes Torres explains how to add a slicer that does the job.
Default Backups and Feature Awareness
Default backup schemes for databases would be a nice enhancement.
Stairway to T-SQL: Beyond The Basics Level 3: Building a Correlated Subquery
This stairway level will expand on the subquery topic by discussing a type of subquery known as a correlated subquery, and explores what a correlated subquery is and how it is different from a normal subquery.
How to Build an Efficient Request Process for SQL Server DBAs
Take a look at some of these DBA request examples and things you could do to improve your request process.
MDX (MultiDimensional Expressions) in 148 minutes
If you want to understand the fundamentals of MDX in less than 3 hours - this article can be helpful.
Using Azure Data Studio with TFVC
Azure Data Studio (ADS) is a lightweight IDE built on Visual Studio Code. I've written a few articles on how ADS works, shown here: Getting Started with Azure Data Studio Getting Comfortable Writing Code in Azure Data Studio Using Notebooks in Azure Data Studio Using Azure Data Studio with TFVC Using Azure Data Studio with […]
Microsoft SQL Server: Current Identify Column Value in a Table
Learn how to find the current identify column value in your Microsoft SQL Server tables.
Really Important Software
Software often controls hardware, which can make it the critical part of a system. That's something we should be learning from the Boeing 737-Max crashes.
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Local Models Using GPUs with Ollama
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Creating a Custom SQL Server Security Checklist Using the DoD STIG
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RegEx Functions III
If I run the REGEXP_LIKE() function, does it match values in a case-sensitive fashion, or a case-insensitive fashion by default.
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