Azure, SQL Server and related stuff. Some Powershell as well.
Blog alert! My colleague recently came to me with a fun challenge: why is their SQL Server Hashbytes conversion not working as expected? After some digging, I discovered significant differences between text data types when converting them. Check out my latest blog post to learn more about this interesting topic. #SQL #datahashing #techtalk #SqlServer #Microsoft
Yes I know, clickbaity cheesy title. This blog is a bit like that, but maybe you'll learn something as well. Issue In short, what I was facing today was a trial migration from System A to System B. Which means that data has to flow from one system to the other. System A is a … Continue reading Not every SQL is created equal
In case you missed it, in a few weeks, SQL Bits is happening. This year it's quite close to London in the town of Farnborough. This place keeps sticking in my head as Farnham leading to the song 'you're the voice'. But let's not digress. SQL Bits 2024! If you've never been to SQL Bits, … Continue reading SQL Bits is coming!
It's the end of the year and we've all been bombarded with lists. From november on, things like Spotify wrapped started appearing (even though the year hadn't ended yet). It feels like the last month doesn't count anymore, even though there's a lot that can be done in december. That's why I'm waiting until the … Continue reading 2023 in review, 2024 in preview
Or maybe I should say, with some complications. Or challenges. When I got the job to restore a bacpac file, I didn't think much of it. Because it's quite easy. Get the bacpac and restore it with Azure Data Studio or Sql Server Management Studio. Get coffee, done. Then I got these requirements: The bacpac … Continue reading Restoring a bacpac file, but differently.
Or, how SQL Server behaved differently than I expected but managed to process quite a lot of rows before giving up. Let's begin We have a customer that would like to see the actual value of their stock in a table. They buy their stock at different times and at different prices. Calculating the stock … Continue reading SQL Server Common Table Expressions, a tale.
In my previous blogpost (Click here to read) I wrote about a query that just wouldn't go parallel. This sparked some discussion and interest from a few people who were very kind and helpful with their suggestions and even deep dives into the query plans, execution statistics etc. To make one thing very clear, this … Continue reading Why won’t you go parallel, part 2
With an unsatisfying end. Intro So what's up this time. Our client has moved to Azure in classic lift and shift scenario. Well, almost. They've deployed new VM's and installed SQL Server 2019 Standard in nice DTAP setting. The VM's are standard E16-4as-v4 SKU. 4 vcpus and 128 GB memory. The disks are Premium SSD … Continue reading Why won’t you go parallel, a curious case of a stubborn query.
About two weeks ago I had the immense pleasure of speaking in Berlin for the first time. Now, I'm used to regular events like data saturday's and SQL Bits or dataMinds Connect as outliers because they're larger and different events. But speaking at this one is on a whole different level. As you might gather … Continue reading Speaking experiences at Data Moshpit (Berlin, Germany)
In a blog from a few weeks ago, I wrote about getting data from your on-prem SQL Server into Fabric. At the time, the only option for a copy dataflow was using a direct connection over the internet. It still is, but now you can also use the PowerBI Data Gateway to get data from … Continue reading Getting on-premises data into Microsoft Fabric using the data gateway
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