Natural Language Query for SQL Server
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Oracle Performance Tuning: Practical Techniques Every DBA Should Master
As database professionals, we’ve all been there – that dreaded moment when users start complaining about slow queries, […]
Unlocking High-Concurrency Inserts in SQL Server with OPTIMIZE_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_KEY
Introduction High-concurrency systems always look impressive on paper. You throw in dozens of CPU cores, crank up memory, […]
Unlocking the Power of FULL OUTER JOIN in SQL: Performance, ...
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Building a Dynamic Countdown Timer in Power BI
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How to Use SQL Server Features to Cut Web App ...
A customer taps “Buy Now” on your web app. Half a second passes. The screen hesitates before the […]
Power BI TMDL View: Benefits, Security Risks & Best Practices
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Building a Simple SQL/AI Environment
Al is everywhere….almost. In my day-to-day role as a DBA, I don’t really have the opportunity or need […]
Side by Side Upgrade to SQL Server 2022
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How Well Does the MSSQL Extension in VSCode Work?
With the retirement of ADS, I decided to take a look at the MSSQL extension for VSCode. This […]
Getting Started with Bayesian Modeling
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Build a Test Lab of SQL Server 2025 on Windows ...
Problem Now that public preview of SQL Server 2025 CTP 2.1 is out (Community Technical Preview), you have […]
Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization in SQL Server 2022
SQL Server 2022 has lot of improved and advanced features compared to its predecessor versions. This includes new […]
Configure SQL Server Alerts for Azure SQL Managed Instance
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Revisiting SQL Server Window Functions- A Practical Walkthrough
Introduction Sometimes we just want SQL to be a bit smarter. Maybe we need to figure out who’s […]
A Rolling Filtered Index in SQL Server
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Using the FP-Growth Algorithm to Mine Useful Patterns in Data
Introduction In this example, we will show patterns between items stored in SQL Server using Python. We will […]
SQL Server Triggers for Business Rules Automation
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Workspace Identity Authentication for your Power BI Semantic Models in ...
When you create a semantic model in Power BI desktop, you typically connect to one or more data […]
Picking the ON or WHERE Clause for the SQL Predicate
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What is Delayed Durability in SQL Server — And Should ...
Introduction When SQL Server commits a transaction, it doesn’t just update data in memory. It also writes a […]
DevOps vs. SRE: Bridging the Gap, Not Building Walls
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PostgreSQL High Availability Options
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Using psycopg2 to Connect Python to PostgreSQL
Overview The psycopg2 library makes working with PostgreSQL databases in Python much easier. This has been the most […]
Long Short-Term Memory Network for Machine Learning
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From Rows to Pages: The Hidden Chaos Behind SQL Server’s ...
Introduction Sampling data is a common requirement in many real-world SQL Server workloads. Whether you are trying to […]
Contained Availability Groups in SQL Server 2022
SQL Server 2022 introduced a new feature called Contained Availability Groups. It allows the Database Administrators to effectively […]
Split strings by Regular Expressions in SQL Server 2025
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Enable TDE for Databases in a SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability ...
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How to create your custom GPT SQL Expert
Introduction ChatGPT includes custom GPTs. You can create your own custom GPT. In this article, we will demonstrate […]
MongoDB and NodeJS in action
Overview MongoDB is a popular NoSQL database used for building modern, scalable applications. In this article, we’ll cover […]
Working with Indexes on SSMS
Overview: In SQL Server, indexing is a technique used to improve the performance of queries by reducing the […]
SQL Server Threats
Microsoft SQL Server is a robust relational database management system. It stores and processes sensitive data for countless […]
Deprecated but Forgotten: Why SQL Server’s Text, NText, and Image ...
Introduction These data types – TEXT, NTEXT, and IMAGE – have been part of SQL Server since its […]
Why CQRS and Event Sourcing Are Gaining Ground in High-Concurrency ...
In web app development company boardrooms, architects and engineers are debating old assumptions. Scaling up isn’t just about […]
Yet another Date Dimension
Evolution of code The thing with any bit of code that has been around for a while, is […]
Advanced SQL Server Page Forensics: Detecting Page Splits and Allocations ...
Introduction Page splits are one of those silent performance killers in SQL Server that many DBAs have heard […]
How to Access and Use Azure Key Vault Secrets in ...
When you run a CI/CD pipeline, you often need confidential values like passwords, authentication tokens, service principal secrets […]
Connect Cloud Power BI to on prem SQL Server
Power BI has the versatility that you can publish your reports to the cloud (Power BI Service) and […]
Model Context Protocol (MCP): A Developer’s Guide to Long-Context LLM ...
Large Language Models (LLMs) like Anthropic’s Claude have unlocked massive context windows (up to 100k tokens in Claude […]
How to safely and surgically restore filegroups
In all my years working with SQL Server and navigating disaster recovery scenarios, I’ve come across surprisingly few […]
MongoDB and Python in action
Overview As a part of this article, we will learn basics of connecting to MongoDB using a python […]
Best Way to Repair SQL Database: How to Restore SQL ...
Summary: SQL Server administrators frequently encounter the critical challenge of unexpected MDF file corruption. Such corruption can result […]
How to optimize queries using AI (SQL Expert)
Introduction ChatGPT can help you with your queries. However, some customized GPTs inside ChatGPT can be useful for […]
Connecting to PostgreSQL with Node.js
Overview In this article, we will understand how we can connect to PostgreSQL using Node.js application. We will […]
Taming Resource Hogs: Using SQL Server Resource Governor to Restrict ...
Taming Resource Hogs: Using SQL Server Resource Governor to Restrict User Group Consumption As a SQL Server professional, […]
Monitor SQL Server using Zabbix
Zabbix is an open-source monitoring software, like Paessler PRTG, which can monitor SQL Server performance statistics and status. […]
Database Architecture Considerations for Implementing Content Moderation Services
Fellow SQL Server professionals, I wanted to share some insights and start a discussion about the database design […]
Migrate from Linux to Windows with Availability Groups
We have an SQL Server 2019 server running on Linux Ubuntu, and we want to migrate to Windows […]
Unlocking Interoperability: A Guide to Foreign Data Wrappers in PostgreSQL ...
Unlocking Interoperability: A Guide to Foreign Data Wrappers in PostgreSQL and Aurora PostgreSQL AWS RDS As a database […]