From June 1, 2023, Microsoft Fabric (preview) capacities are available via the Azure portal. Now, we can provision Microsoft fabric easily using Microsoft PowerBI premium per capacity or using...
2023-06-23 (first published: 2023-06-05)
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This blog post aims to provide an overview of Azure Storage Accounts. It will explain how to create them and use them effectively. Azure Storage Account Azure Storage Account...
2023-05-19 (first published: 2023-05-03)
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In my previous post, we explored the basics of creating First Azure Data Factory. Today, I want to delve deeper into the process of creating and configuring pipelines within...
2023-05-15 (first published: 2023-05-01)
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What Is Azure Data Factory? Azure Data Factory (ADF) is a cloud-based PaaS data integration solution that provides a fully managed, serverless environment for ingesting, preparing, and transforming your...
2023-05-08 (first published: 2023-05-01)
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What is Azure Resource Group? Azure Resource Group is a powerful feature that enables effective organization and management of resources in the Azure cloud. A Resource Group is a...
2023-05-01
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Azure SQL Database is a cloud-based database service that offers scalability and flexibility to handle large workloads. It’s based on Microsoft SQL Server Database Engine and provides a managed...
2023-04-30
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It is common to see high worker count issue on the production server and it can have a range of negative impacts on SQL Server performance and stability, potentially...
2023-04-17 (first published: 2023-03-31)
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This question has come up many times how to capture the SQL Server Database Recovery Progress or Total time take to recover a database. It will help to plan...
2019-05-16 (first published: 2019-05-04)
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An interesting issue regarding SQL Server Transaction Replication/CDC log reader agent job can’t be started with the following error:
Msg 18752, Level...
2018-09-19 (first published: 2018-09-10)
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I was playing with SQL Azure on my brand new Surface pro device. I open the Windows Powershell ISE as administrator to...
2018-09-19
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By Steve Jones
If someone is trying to convince you it’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a...
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
Hi experts, I have a 3+ TB database on a 2019 sql server which...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The North Star for the...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned? See possible answers