Louis Davidson (Dr SQL)–Designing for Common Problems in SQL Server
The PASS Data Architecture Virtual Chapter hosts none other than Dr. SQL Louis Davidson as he helps application and database...
2012-08-10
1,043 reads
The Smiling DBA
SQL Saturday #150 & TechDay in Baton Rouge–Sharepoint
This year’s SQLSaturday in Baton Rouge includes a Sharepoint track with 2 local speakers(Cody Gros & Eric Trivette), MCM Tom Resing...
2012-07-28
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PASS Data Architecture presents Ami Levin: Where Are My (Primary) Keys?
I saw Ami Levin at the PASS Summit 2011 presenting on Loop Iterators in Execution Plans. It was on my...
2012-07-22
825 reads
SQL Saturday #150 and TechDay Baton Rouge–BI 1 track
The SQL Saturday/TechDay in Baton Rouge will be the forth annual this year. The Business Intelligence sessions occupy 2 tracks...
2012-07-19
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PASS BI/DW presents Dimensional Modeling 101–by me…
With a little help from the Kimball Group, I have become somewhat knowledgeable with the Data Mart dimension model approach...
2012-07-16
863 reads
I’m Speaking: PASS Summit 2012 and more…
Tuesday, July 10th started a string of speaking engagements I have been blessed (or cursed) with in the months of...
2012-07-12
734 reads
Baton Rouge SQLSaturday #150 & Tech Day .Net 1 track
August 4th of this year will be the forth annual Baton Rouge SQL Saturday and Tech Day. LSU has offered...
2012-07-10
2,977 reads
Baton Rouge SQLSaturday #150 & Tech Day–DBA 1 track
August 4th of this year will be the forth annual Baton Rouge SQL Saturday and Tech Day. Patrick LeBlanc got...
2012-07-08
1,474 reads
MAXDOP and Cost Threshold for Parallelism – an example for a parallel query
The most popular post on this blog ranked by hits is one about the CXACKET wait stat. There are no...
2012-06-18
2,398 reads
PASS Data Architecture VC presents Neil Hambly–Improve Data Quality & Integrity using Constraint
Tuesday’s (June 19th, 2012) PASS Data Architecture Virtual Chapter has Neil talks about database design that uses Constraints for Integrity...
2012-06-14
696 reads
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 7: Vector and Vector Databases
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 6 we learned Embeddings, Semantic Search and Checks, on Day 7...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
Forums
Why End-User Testing Is Even More Important with AI
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Dynamic Unpivot
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Writing as an Art and a Job
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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