Teaching Quickly
Steve Jones talks about learning, teaching, and the need to not waste anyone's time.
The Basics of Good T-SQL Coding Style – Part 4: Performance
There are several obvious problems with poor SQL Coding habits. It can make code difficult to maintain, or can confuse your team colleagues. It can make refactoring a chore or make testing difficult. The most serious problem is poor performance. You can write SQL that looks beautiful but performs sluggishly, or interferes with other threads. A busy database developer adopts good habits so as to avoid staring at execution plans. Rob Sheldon gives some examples.
Rewrite Your Code Tomorrow
Steve Jones notes that we often solve problems better the second time around.
Understanding Azure Data Factory – A Cloud Based Integration Service
Azure Data Factory is a cloud based data integration service. This helps you to define, schedule and manage data pipelines to transfer and transform the data from disparate on premise and cloud data sources. Read on to learn more.
Azure DWH part 17: ADF:Import Data from SQL Server on-premises to ASDW
In this article we will learn to use Data Factory to import table from SQL Server to Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
Data in Motion and Data at Rest
Microsoft (StreamInsight), and Azure Stream Analytics represent a very different model for processing data. They are concerned with processing complex event streams of data (CEPs) from such things as sensors to deduce significant patterns and apply filters. Joe Celko discusses the background to an intriguing technology of complex event processing to establish the difference between data at rest, and data on the move.
The Worms-eye View
Even the most elaborate team-based development methodology won't compensate for the blinkered attitudes and tribal cultures that come from over-specialization in IT.
Should DBAs learn Linux?
Brent Ozar looks at the similarities between SQL Server on Linux and SQL Server on Windows Core from back in 2012, and asks whether DBAs should bother learning it.
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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