The documentation cautions that cumulative updates (CU) could fail if a specific registry key isn’t updated after moving the master files, so I wanted to test this before I spent too much time configuring the server.
This guide will walk you through the process of deploy DACPAC to Azure SQL database directly from Visual Studio.
The ways in which you might try and reverse engineer a database design are on Steve's mind today.
In the December 2023 Microsoft Power BI Desktop release, more than 50 new INFO DAX functions were added. They all start with “INFO.” and return the same result as corresponding data management views (DMVs) that were available before only using a SQL-like syntax. With these new DAX functions, you can use the recently added DAX query to get metadata about your semantic mode
CSO recently published an article based on a report from Harmonic about generative AI data leaks, and the findings were eye-opening. According to the report, over 8% of employee prompts to public large language models (LLMs) contained sensitive data, ranging from security and compliance issues to privacy and legal vulnerabilities. This wasn’t just a handful […]
Today Steve asks if you track the details of your table growth inside a database.
There are many functions and tools available to database professionals that can solve data math challenges, regardless of complexity.
Learn about how you can efficiently load data in Azure Synapse.
The job outlook for database professionals is good, but it's not that easy to get a great job. Steve has some advice for you today.
SQL 2022 introduced the function generate_series which permits us to solve problems for which we previously had to use a table of numbers (also known as a "tally table"). generate_series is a great addition, because when using a table of numbers there was always a risk that you could run out of numbers. Or some joker could have deleted rows from the table. All these worries are gone with generate_series.
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