Louis Davidson in T-SQL Programming Exploring the SQL Server CHOOSE Function I preface a lot of what I write with whether or not it is for a “practical” use. One of... 21 April 2025 39 min read
Louis Davidson in T-SQL Programming Crazy number of Parameters… and a challenge The other day, my lovable coworker and frequent Simple Talk writer: Grant Fritchey, sent this post on X: So I... 24 February 2025 35 min read
Rodrigo Ribeiro Gomes in T-SQL Programming AI in SQL Server 2025: Embeddings One of the cornerstones of AI is a concept called embeddings. Virtually every AI model, whether for text, video, or... 18 February 2025 48 min read
Edward Pollack in T-SQL Programming Exploring Scalar Solutions to Complex Data Math There are many functions and tools available to database professionals that can solve data math challenges, regardless of complexity. A... 12 February 2025 17 min read
Louis Davidson in T-SQL Programming SQL Server BIT_COUNT and an Alternative I was editing an article the other day that uses the BIT_COUNT function that was added to SQL Server 2022.... 08 February 2025 11 min read
Louis Davidson in SQL Server Dark Mode in SSMS 21 and overall first impressions Let me cut to the chase. If you are like me, you may have been searching for: How to turn... 02 February 2025 4 min read
Dennes Torres in Blogs Azure SQL Serverless: Discover What’s new and Increase Your Savings Before jumping into the news and code, let’s start from the beginning: Why does someone use Azure SQL Serverless? The... 22 January 2025 3 min read
Edward Pollack in SQL Server Customizing the Export and import of Parquet Files in SQL Server Previously, we introduced and discussed the Parquet file format and SQL Server and why it is an ideal format for... 10 January 2025 10 min read
Aaron Bertrand in T-SQL Programming Five changes to SQL Server I’d love to see I’ve had lots of wish lists over the years, from Ladybug to Connect to UserVoice, and very few of my... 01 January 2025 5 min read
Dennes Torres in Blogs T-SQL Tuesday #181: Query Store and its evolution Query Store. This is my choice in relation to “What feature release made you say WOW!”, the subject of this... 09 December 2024 4 min read
Edward Pollack in SQL Server Reading and Writing Parquet Files in SQL Server When analytic data is stored directly in SQL Server, a clustered columnstore index is an ideal place for that data... 19 November 2024 16 min read
Koen Verbeeck in BI Quick Tricks to Make Your Power BI Model Smaller, More Efficient and Almost Certainly Faster Power BI has been a leading data visualization tool in the market for years. It can be used as a... 11 October 2024 13 min read
Boemo Mmopelwa in Tools Boosting Database Development Efficiency Using AI SQL Code Generators Database development has become more complex over the years due to the introduction of new data and storage formats by... 20 September 2024 11 min read
Edward Pollack in T-SQL Programming Effective Strategies for Storing and Parsing JSON in SQL Server Like XML, JSON is an open standard storage format for data, metadata, parameters, or other unstructured or semi-structured data. Because... 23 August 2024 26 min read
Aaron Bertrand in SQL Server Days of the Week, Bitwise Edition I recently had to help support synchronization and distribution of workloads between multiple servers. Some of this work involves Task... 02 August 2024 7 min read
Koen Verbeeck in BI How to Stream Data from Azure Event Hubs into a Fabric Eventhouse At Microsoft Build 2024, Real-Time Intelligence was announced with the Real-Time hub as its centralized location for all data-in-motion. This... 26 July 2024 9 min read
Aaron Bertrand in T-SQL Programming Index cleanup : Harder than it looks I’m not the first person to write about cleaning up unused or redundant indexes. You can read many articles about... 22 July 2024 7 min read
Aaron Bertrand in Database Administration It’s a recovery strategy, not a backup strategy I’ve talked about it before; you shouldn’t have a backup strategy, you should have a recovery strategy. I can’t possibly... 08 July 2024 12 min read
Fabriano Richard in BI Microsoft Fabric, the Land of Wizards and Trolls In my previous article (What is Microsoft Fabric All About) I explained what Microsoft Fabric is, how it came about... 03 July 2024 9 min read
Edward Pollack in T-SQL Programming XML Performance Tuning and Added Options SQL Server provides a variety of ways to tune XML so that it provides consistent performance, consumes less space, all... 21 June 2024 12 min read
