Build a Better WordPress Archives Page Using MySQL
I recently wrote about a way to generate visual, interactive calendars in HTML by combining a calendar table with data from an events table (part 1 and part 2). This technique could be used to overlay any type of data onto calendars, but my specific go …
Do you need Trace Flag 460?
For most people that are reading this post, I’d venture to guess that you have no idea what Trace Flag 460 is or when you would use it. Well first off, let me tell you it’s a fully documented and supported trace flag, and it’s totally …
Who’s Hiring in the Microsoft Data Platform Community? March 2023 Edition
Is your company hiring for a database position as of March 2023? Do you wanna work with the kinds of people who read this blog? Let’s set up some rapid networking here. If your company is hiring, leave a comment. The rules: Your comment must incl …
Complex Production Database Deployments and Flyway
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AWS Lambdas with C#
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Why a monitoring tool is an essential tool for growing server estates
When I was a DBA involved with the management of a large number of database servers, I didn’t have many third-party tools to help me do my job. For the most part, I relied on scripts that I found or wrote. I enjoyed writing scripts to manage the …
I’m Coming to Boston for SQLSaturday!
I’m coming back to Boston for SQLSaturday this October 14th! On Friday the 13th (muhaha), before the event, I’m teaching a one-day pre-conference workshop on Mastering Query Tuning. You need to speed up a SQL Server app, and you’re allowed …
Synapse Serverless and Dedicated Pool: The differences no one told you about
The basic differences between Synapse Serverless and the Dedicated pool are obvious: While the serverless doesn’t store data, only access data from storage accounts and scale the MPP environment automatically, the dedicate SQL Pool keeps a static …
Optional Code in T-SQL Scripts using SQLCMD
When you are writing T-SQL scripts to save away, for example one to create a new database, there are often optional bits of code you need to run sometimes, and not others. In the creating a database script, there are quite a few parameters you will wan …
It’s Monday. Get Back to Learning PowerShell.
You’re a production database administrator responsible for the health, security, and uptime of many database servers. You’ve been pointing and clicking your way through SSMS for years, scripting out T-SQL to files, but… when you need …
Snowflake for SQL Server Developers – NULL Functions – Part 2
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ChatGPT in SQL Server – Practical examples
Introduction ChatGPT in SQL Server In this article, we will learn some basic examples of ChatGPT in SQL Server. In a previous article, we had an interview with ChatGPT an AI chatbot developed by OpenAI. If you do not know how to use it yet, you can go …
Understanding Azure Synapse Analytics Pricing
Introduction Azure Synapse Analytics combines data integration, enterprise data warehousing, and data analytics. It is a cloud-based limitless data integration and analytics platform. It provides a cloud platform to create data pipelines from various s …
How to Improve the Quality of Database Releases using Clones
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Creating Animated Line Plots with Python
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