Practical guides and insights for modern data practitioners
My T-SQL contribution for this month is about how I have been learning new things by building demos. Because it has taught me a lot over the years. This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Lisa Griffin Bohm. Lisa has invited us all to talk about what we have learned from presenting. You can read … Read more
I want to cover some updates about what Linux distributions you can install SQL Server on. In reality, these are updates for an older post I did back in August 2019 here. Now that DataWeekender is over I have more time to post about these updates. For those still wondering if there will be another … Read more
In this post I cover finding SQL Server versions for Docker and Linux using a web browser. Mostly because the other day somebody asked where the latest version of the SQL Server 2019 release candidate was. Of course, they asked this because the links were not working yet. I’m sure this will be resolved shortly. … Read more
I thought I better cover which current Linux distributions you can install SQL Server on because I still see people asking about this frequently online. Certainly, some of this information exists in older posts of mine. However, I thought I better compile vital information about Linux distributions into a central post for easy reference. For … Read more
I have written this personal SQL Server 2019 Lab review. Because last week I saw the new lab based on CTP 3.1 and I decided to go through it. In addition, I thought I would give you some useful tips along the way. SQL Server 2019 Lab introduction Now this lab is a recent addition … Read more
In this post I want to cover running SQL Server on Linux on your own laptop. For the benefit all of you out there who have yet to experiment with SQL Server on Linux and are probably about to start your journey. However, others may also find this post useful. I must confess it still … Read more
Introduction I’ve decided to post about building a test lab to use outside of work. Because it’s something most data platform professionals deal with at one stage or another. Some of you can also consider this a primer for future posts. Now if you’re lucky your workplace already has a test environment where you can … Read more