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DataFrogs Interview avec Gregory Mancel
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Le « modern data stack » pour les PME ?
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[Video] Office Hours at Atlantis, Bahamas
It’s an overcast afternoon at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, so since I can’t go into the […]
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Four years ago I wrote a blog on this site explaining why Python is better than C# […]
Updated First Responder Kit and Consultant Toolkit for February 2026
Two big sets of news this month! The Consultant Toolkit now supports imports to a database so you […]
SQL Server 2025 CREATE EXTERNAL MODEL and AI_GENERATE_EMBEDDINGS Commands Explained
When SQL Server 2025 was announced, Bob Ward mentioned that there would be some new commands for […]
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SQL Server 2025 et les index vectoriels : pourquoi un index vecteur peut rendre une table en […]
[Video] Office Hours Aboard the Groove Cruise
On the world’s largest floating electronic dance music festival, I took your top-voted database questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento. Here’s […]
Who’s Hiring Database People? February 2026 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of February 2026? Do you wanna work with the […]
DataFrogs Interview – Sébastien Kobenan
Jeudi 12 février, entretien DataFrogs avec Sébastien Kobenan. Sébastien est indépendant depuis quelques années et il s’est […]
I’m Coming to #SQLBits! Here are My Sessions.
The annual SQLBits conference is April 22-25, and they just announced the session and speaker lineup. This year’s […]
[Video] Home Office Hours, Under Construction Edition
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DataFrogs Interview – Nicolas Souquet
Pour ce nouveau rendez-vous, on reçoit Nicolas Souquet, expert SQL Server, pour une discussion sans langue de […]
Automatic Stats Updates Don’t Always Invalidate Cached Plans
Normally, when SQL Server updates statistics on an object, it invalidates the cached plans that rely on that […]
Securing Your Databases in 2026: Best Practices for the Evolving ...
In 2026, your approach to both applications and databases must be focused on practical and technical real-world […]
Maybe You Shouldn’t Even Be Using Clustering or AGs.
Sandra Delany (LinkedIn) wrote a well-thought-out blog post called, “Should a SQL Server DBA Know Windows Clustering?” She’s […]
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SQL Server 2025 CU1 is Off to a Rough Start
SQL Server 2025 Cumulative Update 1 came out last week, and I was kinda confused by the release […]
Thoughts on PASS’s Bankruptcy, Redgate’s Acquisition, and Private Equity
A private equity (PE) company recently acquired the majority of Redgate Software, the current owners of the PASS Data […]
DataFrogs Interview – Amar Adghar
DataFrogs Interview ! Avec Amar Adghar, Cloud Solution Architect chez Microsoft France, on va discuter de son […]
SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Winter 2026
It’s time for our quarterly update of our SQL ConstantCare® population report, showing how quickly (or slowly) folks […]
Announcing the 2026 Data Professional Salary Survey Results, And They’re ...
The results are in! You can download the raw data in Excel for all 10 years and do […]
Common SQL Server Problems: Invalid Length
This is another part in my series designed to offer guidance around common issues in SQL Server. […]
SQLBits Session Voting is Open Now! Wanna See My Sessions ...
I’d love to come over and speak at SQLBits this April, but for that to happen, the organizers […]
Vibe Optimizing Power BI
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Exploiting SQL Server Date Correlation Optimization: How Tampered Backups Enable ...
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New Year’s Task: Quick, Easy Prep for a Raise
You’re busy, so I’ll keep this short. Several months from now, you’re gonna have a salary review. Your […]
Database Development with AI in 2026
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How to Create a SQL Server Linked Server to Oracle ...
Easily move data from SQL Server to Oracle 26ai Free with this step-by-step guide. Learn how to […]
SQL Server Regular Expression Performance and Guidelines
SQL Server 2025 introduces regular expression (regex) functions to the TSQL language. You could do this in […]
Are You Looking for Work? Underpaid? Overpaid? Let’s Find Out.
Every year, I run a salary survey to help folks have better discussions with their managers about salaries, […]
Your Favorite Posts From This Year
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How to View SQL Server Object Code Easily with sp_showcode
sp_helptext has served SQL Server DBAs for years, but it has its very obvious – and many […]
Known Issues So Far in SQL Server 2025
Whenever a brand spankin’ new version of any software comes out, there are bugs, and SQL Server is […]
SQL Server Privilege Escalation via Replication Jobs
Privilege escalation in SQL Server isn’t just theory – it can happen through everyday maintenance jobs. This […]
Common SQL Server Problems: Invalid Object Name
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[Video] Office Hours at the Last Spike
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Identity Columns Can Have Gaps, and That’s Okay.
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When there’s a performance emergency, a lot of us perform the same manual tasks over and over. We […]
DataFrogs Interview – Charles-Henri Sauget
DataFrogs Interview ! Avec Charles-Henri Sauget, on va discuter de son actualité, pourquoi il n’a pas renouvelé […]
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Watch My Training Classes Offline with the Latest Teachable App
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Evolving SQL Saturday
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Update: SQL Server 2025’s REGEX Performance Isn’t So Bad!
Back in March 2025 when Microsoft first announced that REGEX support was coming to SQL Server 2025 and […]
How’s the Job Market? Let’s Find Out Together.
Every year, I run a salary survey to help folks have better discussions with their managers about salaries, […]
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When you create a new database in SQL Server, you might assume that the system starts with an empty […]
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