As someone who has had the honor of delivering keynotes at both Oracle and SQL Saturday data events, I’ve spent time with professionals on both sides of the database world. I’ve held the title of database administrator, developer, engineer and architect for structured, transactional giants and the analytics-heavy ecosystems of eight different database platforms, (not […]
2025-05-17
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As organizations move to the cloud, the once essential role of the Database Administrator (DBA) as the guardian of system optimization, has been overshadowed, often viewed as a bottleneck to innovation. Yet, as technology evolves, the one thing I know is history repeats itself, and optimization skills are once again emerging as a critical necessity. […]
2025-02-01
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Learn about the new Gemini AI from Google and how this can be used for common tasks, as well summarizing content.
2024-07-08
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Generative Al tools like Gemini and GPT promise to automate and augment knowledge-based work. Data professionals must adapt to this transformation by acquiring new skills and playing a central role in their organization's AI-driven future. Data preparation, curation, ethical sourcing and labeling, and collecting user feedback become crucial as high-quality data is essential for effective LLM based application.
2024-03-04
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2024-02-26
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Introduction In this article, we will see how to work with GitHub Copilot. GitHub copilot is an interesting plug-in that generates code using AI. The technology is from Microsoft and OpenAI. We will show how to install Copilot, and how to generate SQL Server code (T-SQL) using Copilot. First, we will answer some FAQs about Copilot […]
2024-02-12
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This article shows how to use Python to access data in SQL Server and produce a K-Means analysis with a chart.
2024-01-08
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Introduction This SQLServerCentral article shows how to create a SQL Server presentation in 5 minutes using AI. AI is revolutionizing the world as it continues to evolve. In this article, we aim to answer the question: Is it truly possible to create a high-quality presentation using AI in such a short amount of time? Is […]
2023-12-27 (first published: 2023-09-11)
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I use Chat-GPT occasionally, instead of Google, to get answers to technical questions. However, I regard Chat-GPT as an indiscriminate conveyor of existing information, not artificial intelligence.
2023-08-30
Introduction about Bing vs Bard You heard it well Chatbot wars, the war between Bing vs Bard. Ladies and gentlemen, in the Google corner we have the challenger, Bard! And in the Microsoft corner, we have a powerful AI-based in ChatGPT 4, the stupendous, the magnificent…Bing! (applause). These great chatbots will demonstrate their power in […]
2023-08-14
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