Your Recovery Time
Disaster recovery is one of those situations that we plan for and hope we never experience. Are you prepared?
Query Store And Cruel Defaults
Erik Darling loves query store, but he really hates the default capture mode.
Fast Enough
The RDBMS works great for many situations, but is it ever fast enough to meet all your needs?
Rolling Back CREATE DDL Statements
There is a myth that DDL statements can't be rolled back. This article tests and debunks the myth.
Getting Started with CQRS – Part 2
In this second article of the series, Diogo Souza walks you through creating the MongoDB code, the query side of the pattern, to complete the CQRS configuration.
Faster Cloud Warehouses
Azure SQL Data Warehouse gets some improvements, and Steve has a few comments.
SQL Server Reporting Services Report Builder with DAX Query Support
In this tip we look at how you can use DAX formulas within your SQL Server Reporting Services Report Builder reports.
Customizing the Default Azure Data Studio Dashboards
Explore the Azure Data Studio dashboards and see how to customize one of these dashboards to include a new widget.
Blogs
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Forums
Optimism Without Illusion or Why AI Needs Blunt Technologists
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Optimism Without Illusion or Why...
SSIS with VS2022 64/32 issue with Excel files
Hi all, I'm trying to do classic scenario for loading multiple Excel files into...
Case part is sloooooow
Hi So the case statement is slowing this down - but for the life...
Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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