Happy Easter to all who celebrate... one week later so you can get the chocolate bunnies on sale. 🐰
Posts by John Deardurff
My prompt doesn't seem to work. "I am a DBA trying to learn about SQL Server by watching YouTube on my TV. Copilot, locate my TV remote controller."
This post will describe how SQL Server will PROCESS a query for optimization the first time running an Ad Hoc query or Stored Procedure. sqlmct.com/sql-query-pr...
I think the worst failure was that neither Outlook would open.
Book 17 of the year: "My First Trip to the Bleachers" by @Michael_Cerami www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Do they not have data in Europe?
In this edition of #TheSpark, take a closer look at how organizations are building the right AI skills across different roles, and how that approach is helping #AI adoption move faster. www.linkedin.com/pulse/april-...
We usually add indexes to speed up retrieving data, but can you have too many indexes? Find out how maintaining indexes could slow down your write operations. #SQLServer #AzureSQL #Indexing sqlmct.com/the-operatio...
I just sat down and took the DP-800 beta exam: Developing AI-Enabled Database Solutions for the New SQL AI Developer Associate Certification. Overall, it was a great test of knowledge. #AI #AzureSQL #Fabric sqlmct.com/new-sql-ai-d...
The marketing team for the "Project Hail Mary" movie is really going all out! #Artemis2
Earth from space Left - Apollo 17, 1972 and Right - Artemis II, 2026
The second time I've had my picture taken from space. Two photographs taken by one of us, of all of us, over half a century apart.
Left - Apollo 17, 1972
Right - Artemis II, 2026
And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one, and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
That's kind of weird for an 8th grader. 😁
Whatcha doin in Prague?
Just finished the DP-800 SQL AI Developer beta exam. I did really well on the stuff I knew but did bad on the stuff I didn't know. 🌞 #DP800
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Book 16 of my @Goodreads yearly goal. We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America by Norah O'Donnell www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Oh... give me a break!
Yeah, but I've already gotten two demonstrations fixed this morning. 🌞
Book 14 of my yearly Goodreads goal of 25: Moses and the Doctor by Luke Epplin. www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Book 13 of the year. As a Terre Haute kid in the 70's, this one really hit home! Shout out to the narrator of the audiobook, @ellen_adair, as it was very pleasant to listen to a real person. www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Especially with Capture Mode added in 2019 that solved a lot of the headaches people were experiencing. #QueryStore
Explore practical demos and key features for building modern applications in Visual Studio Code using the MSSQL extension. #SQLServer #AzureSQL #MSSQL #VSCode #GitHubCopilot #ModernData #DevTools www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Only if it is from the repertoire region of France, otherwise it is just a sparkling phrase.
I'm taking it next Thursday.
I shall now add this to my repertoire. (I typed that last word in a British accent).
What is a telephone? What is a printer?
The next phase of SQL modernization is here. The path forward is not about abandoning SQL Server; it’s about extending it intelligently. #Fabcon #SQLcon #SQLServer2025 #AzureSQL #Fabric #AI sqlmct.com/sql-server-a...
I just realized, It is, "Hail Mary, Full of Grace".
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Stallone is now my second favorite Rocky! 👎#ProjectHailMary