Tales From The Field Weekly Wrap Up for the Week of 03-13-2023 & SQLBits 2023
Hello Dear Reader! What an incredible week we had. I started off traveling on Monday of last week. At the airport I ran into my friend David Pless (...
2023-03-20
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Blog Posts
The Microsoft Ability Summit in Review
As many of you are aware, I have been dealing with a progressive version of ALS which is affecting my hands and arms and thus my ability to type....
2023-03-20 (first published: 2023-03-09)
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Blogging for the Tech Professional PowerPoint
Thanks to everyone that came to my talk at SQL Bits. Powerpoint here for download. If you have questions, reach out.
2023-03-19 (first published: 2023-03-18)
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KQL Series – high level of data ingestion- setup
In this blog post let us stop for a second and see where we are in this whole create an Azure Data Explorer cluster and ingest data.High level summary...
2023-03-19
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KQL Series – ingesting data into Azure Data Explorer from IoT Hub
This blog post is rare because I am dedicating it to my good mate Bryn Lewis who spoke recently at a community event I ran (the first free community...
2023-03-19
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KQL Series – ingesting data into Azure Data Explorer using csv files
In my previous blog post KQL Series – ingesting data using Azure Stream Analytics I talked about one of the more easier ways to ingest data – which is via...
2023-03-19
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KQL Series – ingesting data using Azure Stream Analytics
This blog post is about another method of ingesting data into Azure Data Explorer. Azure Stream Analytics is a cloud-based stream processing service that allows us to ingest and...
2023-03-19
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KQL Series – ingesting data via Event Grid into Azure Data Explorer
This blog post is about using event grid to ingest data into Azure Data Explorer and was a method I had to use with a client. It was awesome...
2023-03-19
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KQL Series – overview of ingesting data into our ADX cluster
In the previous blog post we created a database in our Azure Data Explorer (ADX) cluster. In this blog post we will discuss how we can ingest data into that database...
2023-03-19
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#PGSQLPhriday 006: Wrap Up & Summary
Your mission, if you chose to accept it, was to share a single tip/hint/fact/something that you wish you’d known about PostgreSQL when you were just getting started learning it....
2023-03-17 (first published: 2023-03-06)
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Blogs
Claude AI Convinced Me Not to Build an iPad App
By Steve Jones
I coach volleyball and I do a lot of stat stuff on paper. I...
A New Word: Dolorblindness
By Steve Jones
dolorblindness – n. the frustration that you’ll never be able to understand another person’s...
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
Forums
Data Warehouse Toolkit meets Star Schema: The Complete Reference
Is there a good syllabus for reading these two together? (Yes, it's called the...
GPX distance and time analysis in SQL Server
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The DBA is Dead; Long Live the DBA
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Question of the Day
Changing the AG Listener
In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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