In this post I cover the use of the new vector datatype in SQL 2025. I’ve noticed that a lot of RDBMS database folks seem to struggle to […]
Setting Up SQL Server 2025 AlwaysOn Lab – Part 3: Availability Groups & Failover
Welcome to the third part of our SQL Server 2025 AlwaysOn Lab series. In the first two parts, we configured the Active Directory and set up a Windows […]
Setting Up SQL Server 2025 AlwaysOn Lab – Part 2: Configuring SQL Nodes & Cluster
In the previous part of this lab series, we set up the Active Directory, which forms the backbone for everything that follows. If you haven’t gone through that […]
Getting Started with SQL Server 2025: Step-by-Step AlwaysOn Configuration and Lab Setup
If you’re eager to get ahead with Microsoft SQL Server 2025, this video tutorial is your perfect starting point. Even though SQL Server 2025 hasn’t officially launched yet, […]
IntelliSense not working in latest version of SSMS
New toys Had a bit of a brain fart moment recently. In all the excitement of installing the latest and greatest version of SSMS I was eager to […]
Converting times across time zones
About 15 years ago I was in charge of maintaining a procedure that had over 300 lines of code dedicated to handling time zone conversions gracefully. It had […]
SQL 2025 Optimized locking in SQL2025
Optimize locking is the generic name given to two mechanisms that reduce the number of locks acquired by the database engine when performing DML operations. These are What […]
You Can’t Be King till You’ve Killed Someone
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more so when […]
Fuzzy String matches in TSQL
This post talks about a new preview feature being introduced within MS SQL SERVER database engine. Readers are advised to check out the full details in the link […]
Executing Python Code in TSQL using SQL 2022
In this post, we’ll dive into how you can run Python code in SQL Server 2022. This process has changed significantly from previous versions, making it much easier […]