A New Word: Tangency
tangency– n. a fleeting glimpse of what might have been. I tend to live in the real world as it is, not too dreamy or wishful that things were...
2025-02-21
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tangency– n. a fleeting glimpse of what might have been. I tend to live in the real world as it is, not too dreamy or wishful that things were...
2025-02-21
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I had to demo the Flyway Autopilot system recently and created a GitHub Actions runner as a part of that. This post documents how this went. First, if you...
2025-02-21 (first published: 2025-02-10)
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Introduction Do you remember the effort of tidying up your BI and reporting systems, only to find yourself facing a labyrinth of inconsistent data, missing values, and unclear ownership?...
2025-02-21 (first published: 2025-02-20)
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I’ve been putting together a new PostgreSQL session called “Performance Monitoring for the Absolute Beginner.” There are several ways to get an understanding of how well your queries are...
2025-02-21 (first published: 2025-02-13)
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The AI revolution isn’t coming – it’s here. Companies are racing to integrate artificial intelligence into their operations, eager to unlock efficiency, automation, and data-driven decision-making. But while AI...
2025-02-21 (first published: 2025-02-20)
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I’m excited to be speaking at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference this year, which takes place March 31 through April 2 in Las Vegas, Nevada. I will be co-presenting...
2025-02-20
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I needed to back up a PostgreSQL database as a part of the repro for an issue I had. I hadn’t ever made a backup of PostgreSQL, so this...
2025-02-19
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SQL Server migrations are a headache, ask anyone who’s been through the pain of moving a reasonably large server and I’m sure they will agree. There are all sorts...
2025-02-19 (first published: 2025-02-05)
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I wrote a stream-of-consciousness post a few months ago about what I do in my day job at Microsoft, working in the Database Docs team. Basically we spend most...
2025-02-19 (first published: 2025-02-12)
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I was asked to do some a little thinking and brainstorming recently. Rather than send some emails or get on a call, I decided to ask my local AI...
2025-02-18 (first published: 2025-02-17)
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By Steve Jones
tangency– n. a fleeting glimpse of what might have been. I tend to live...
I’m excited to be speaking at the Microsoft Fabric Community Conference this year, which...
The AI revolution isn’t coming – it’s here. Companies are racing to integrate artificial...
Hi All, need help with an SQL query. We have an existing table that's...
I connect to this clustered instance and run : begin distributed transaction Msg 8501,...
Several times in the last couple of days I've had submissions time out with...
What is the output of this code in SQL Server 2022?
select bit_count(0xEF)See possible answers