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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 audio, uses something related to embeddings. Starting with SQL Server 2025, this is...
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Fabric Databases Connection Secrets
Fabric Database was a great announcement during Ignite Conference. The announcement spread all around, a great new feature. This feature seems simple, especially for everyone who already knows about...
View ArticleThe Result Pattern in ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs
ASP.NET Core Minimal APIs are a new (as of the end of 2024) way to build web APIs in ASP.NET Core. Minimal APIs are lightweight and easy to use, if you keep the handlers minimal. In most API endpoints...
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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 replied: “Challenge Accepted”, well, actually I replied with a gif of Neo saying it, but...
View ArticleBeyond Single-Cloud: A Peek into Multi-Cloud
The digital landscape is rapidly evolving, and the question has progressed from whether to adopt cloud technology to how to effectively use it to drive business growth and innovation. Having recognized...
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MySQL Shell Basic Configuration Management (Part 3 – Disk I/O and Storage...
This is part of a series of posts from Chisom Kanu about using MySQL Shell in the management of MySQL. You can see the entire series here. So far, in our previous articles on MySQL optimization, we’ve...
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Web Browser Security: Evolving Threats, Safeguards, and the Road Ahead
Web browsers are essential for navigating the Internet, serving as gateways to online information, services, and applications. However, their ubiquity and complexity make them prime targets for...
View ArticleDon’t Let That Idea Get Away!
For the past two years, I have started off the year taking a week to travel with my wife to a conference where she is speaking. It certainly doesn’t hurt that this conference is conveniently hosted in...
View ArticleImplementing Enterprise Data Security in Snowflake: Practical Concepts
As a data engineer who’s spent the last few years implementing enterprise-scale security in Snowflake, I’ve witnessed firsthand how challenging it can be to architect a robust security framework that...
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Importing and exporting data in MongoDB Compass
This article is part of Robert Sheldon's continuing series on Mongo DB. To see all of the items in the series, click here. When working with MongoDB, you’ll likely need to import or export document...
View ArticleHow Shortcuts affect Lakehouse’s Maintenance
I wrote about lakehouse maintenance before, about multiple lakehouse maintenances, published videos about this subject and provided sample code about it. However, there is one problem: All the...
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Simple Talk on the Road In March
The holidays truly are over, and it is time to hit the road again here at Simple Talk. In March I have 3 events, all of which are basically back to back (and finishing off with a bit of vacation.)...
View ArticleScales & Measurements
if you’re going to work with databases, you probably ought to know something about data. In particular, we don’t put data directly into a database; we have to encode it and represent it in a format...
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Introduction to GitHub Actions Part 1: Getting Started
GitHub is one of the most popular services on the planet for storing documents. That includes everything from PowerPoint presentations to recipes, but it’s the de facto standard for storing source...
View ArticleSecuring the DevOps Pipeline Part 1: Tools and Strategies for Safer Deployments
Protecting Your CI/CD from Build-Time Threats DevOps has transformed software delivery, but with rapid deployments come increased security risks. As a DevOps engineer, I’ve seen firsthand how small...
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The complexity of using Power BI in US Sovereign Clouds
“I hate to tell you this, but it’s not available for us yet.” This is an all-too-common phrase I find myself saying to customers in U.S. Sovereign Cloud tenants who come across new features in search...
View ArticleDistractions
The second I wrote down the idea for a blog posts on Distractions, I knew there had to be two examples I would be using. A McCartney song, and another from the movie UP. In this movie there is a dog...
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MySQL vs. PostgreSQL: Character Sets and Collations
This is part of a series of posts from Aisha Bukar comparing MySQL and PostgreSQL. You can see the entire series here. When working with strings in a database system, you need to ensure that the data...
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MySQL vs PostgreSQL – String Datatypes
A very common task in creating a database is to store string data. For example, words, paragraph(s) or even documents. String data types allow you to do just that and store and represent text. They...
View ArticleThe Concepts of TestOps
There’s no way you talk about software without mentioning testing or software testing. No software should ever be shipped if it hasn’t passed through thorough software testing practices. If one has to...
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