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This week Troy Hunt provides updated password guidelines, but Steve Jones notes many of us are in the middle, both managing and dealing with passwords.
The query store gives us a novel way of identifying those queries that are causing performance problems when they are parameterized by SQL Server for reuse. Although it is relatively simple to ensure that certain troublesome queries avoid the problem, it is laborious to identify these queries. Additionally, Query Store gives us the means to fix the problem for groups of queries by means of plan guides without changing the DDL at all. Dennes Torres explains the details
Steve Jones travels back to one of the largest free events in the country, SQL Saturday Baton Rouge.
Execute scripts in a folder with a single click using SQLCMD and a batch file.
Developers using SQL Server Express face a few challenges in their day to day work. One is that setting up and maintaining Express can be a daunting task.
Build and Operationalize scalable Predictive models and intelligent applications using SQL and R.
Before you report your conclusions about your data, have you checked whether your 'actionable' figures occurred by chance? The Kruskal-Wallis test is a safe way of determining whether samples come from the same population, because it is simple and doesn't rely on a normal distribution in the population. This allows you a measure of confidence that your results are 'significant'. Phil Factor explains how to do it.
Today we start a new puzzle series, with a crossword puzzle from MVP Kenneth Fisher.
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Software is hard. While I love our Lucid Gravity, I realize that they are...
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Making Data AI-Ready, Part 2 (This is the second article in a three-part series...
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Can you use your GPUs when running a local model under Ollama? You can,...
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