SQL Server

T-SQL Tuesday 189 – How AI is changing my career

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For this months T-SQL Tuesday contribution I cover how AI is changing my career. Before I go any further, I want to thank Taiob Ali who hosts this months T-SQL Tuesday. By my own admission it has been a while since I last contributed to T-SQL Tuesday. However, this seems like a fitting topic to … Read more

T-SQL Tuesday 182 – Improve your Data Platform integrity with CI/CD practices

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For this months T-SQL Tuesday contribution I cover how you can improve your Data Platform integrity with CI/CD practices. Before I go any further, I want to thank Rob Farley who hosts this months T-SQL Tuesday. Rob invites us all to cover the topic of integrity. You can read the original invitation by clicking on … Read more

T-SQL Tuesday 181 – The premise of Microsoft Fabric

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For this months T-SQL Tuesday contribution I cover why I believe in the premise of Microsoft Fabric and why it made me go “wow” when it was introduced. Before I go any further, I must point out that I am hosting this months T-SQL Tuesday. Which is the first ever T-SQL Tuesday and Festive Tech … Read more

T-SQL Tuesday #181 – First ever T-SQL Tuesday and Festive Tech Calendar crossover

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This month I have the pleasure of hosting the invite for T-SQL Tuesday, which is the first ever T-SQL Tuesday and Festive Tech Calendar crossover. So that people from different communities can unite in their contributions and get introduced to each other. Especially those who are part of the Azure and/or Microsoft Data Platform communities. … Read more

Spreading your SQL Server wings with SQL database in Fabric

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In this post I cover spreading your SQL Server wings with SQL database in Fabric. As part of a series of posts about spreading your SQL Server wings with the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform. It has been some time since a published in this series of posts. In fact, my last post in this series … Read more

T-SQL Tuesday 180 – Good enough is perfect

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For this months T-SQL Tuesday contribution I cover my attempts to get to a level where good enough is perfect. Before I go any further, I want to thank Josephine Bush (l/x/m) who hosts this months T-SQL Tuesday. Josephine invites us all to discuss how do achieve good enough without compromising the process/product. You can … Read more

T-SQL Tuesday 177 – Managing Database/SQL Pool/Data Warehouse code

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For this months T-SQL Tuesday contribution I cover managing Database/SQL Pool/Data Warehouse code. To clarify, this post focuses on managing code for SQL Server databases, Azure Synapse SQL Pools and Microsoft Fabric Data Warehouses. Since they all work with T-SQL and this is a T-SQL Tuesday post. Before I go any further, I want to … Read more

T-SQL Tuesday 176 – Advice I would give past me when starting my first data platform job

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For this months T-SQL Tuesday contribution I cover advice that I would give past me when starting my first data platform job. Before I go any further, I want to thank Louis Davidson (l/x) who hosts this months T-SQL Tuesday. When I first saw the invitation title I mistakenly thought it was a repeat of … Read more

T-SQL Tuesday 174 – My favorite job interview question

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For this months T-SQL Tuesday contribution I cover my favorite job interview question. Just for good measure I am going to mention a previous favorite as well. Before I go any further, I want to thank my namesake Kevin Feasel who hosts this months T-SQL Tuesday. Kevin invites us all to talk about our favorite … Read more