SQLBits 2023
Super excited that I was selected to speak at SQLBits 2023. The conference is taking place 14-18 March 2023 in Wales. I have never been to Wales and am...
2023-01-06 (first published: 2022-12-23)
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SQL Swimmer
Power BI Learning Opportunity at SQLBits
If you’ve been thinking about learning Power BI, I have a wonderful opportunity for you. I will be presenting, along with my friend and colleague Michael Johnson (Blog |...
2022-02-24
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Unable to Validate Source Query in Tabular Editor
I recently encountered the error, “Unable to validate source query” when trying to refresh the metadata for the tables in my tabular model using Tabular Editor. I immediately googled...
2022-03-14 (first published: 2022-02-22)
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Bits Buddies
SQLBits is fast approaching, in fact, Training Days start 2 weeks from today, on March 8, 2022. I’ve attended SQLBits before, as well as other large conferences, but I...
2022-02-22
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I Still Can’t Believe It!
I received my MVP award letter from Microsoft today. This will make the fourth time I’ve been awarded and I still can’t believe it. I just wanted to help...
2021-07-01
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Data Saturday #8–Southwest US
I am very excited to announce that I will be speaking for Data Saturday #8 – Southwest US, coming up on Saturday, May 15, 2021. I will be delivering...
2021-05-08
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Data Weekender v3.1
I am super excited about this new version of Data Weekender, coming up on Saturday, May 15, 2021. This will be the third time I have been selected to...
2021-05-08
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It’s Not Horrible, It’s Just Very Sad
This is a non-technical post, but a necessary one for me. If you’re only interested in technical content, that’s okay, you can stop reading, I won’t be offended (heck,...
2020-08-25
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When Your Azure Data Catalog App Won’t Connect
This year I created a new presentation for introducing Azure Data Catalog. I love this product and think it has so much potential and everyone should be using it! ...
2020-06-15 (first published: 2020-05-26)
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I’m Speaking at #SQLSatBrisbane
I’ve always wanted to go to Australia, in fact we have a trip planned for Martin’s 60th birthday in a couple of years. But with all that’s happened in...
2020-05-18
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Blogs
RANK() vs DENSE_RANK(): #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I haven’t done one of these in awhile, but I saw an article recently...
Using CAT for Testing of Data Agents
In last months one of the scenarios where you can use AI has been...
Are you getting value from your reporting?
By ChrisJenkins
Do you spend so long manipulating your data into something vaguely useful that you...
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Creating JSON II
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