August 2025 – Deb the DBA
1 post published by debthedba during August 2025| Deb the DBA
It’s another T-SQL Tuesday! Our host this month is Taiob Ali (b). (Thanks for hosting this month, Taiob!) He’s asked us to talk about how AI is changing our careers. The pressure is def…| Deb the DBA
It’s time for another video! This time, it’s getting started with using vectors and vector searches in SQL Server 2025, which just went into public preview. Let me know your thoughts! If you want to get started, here are some references for SQL Server 2025:| Deb the DBA
Happy T-SQL Tuesday! This month, Andy Levy (bsky | blog) has asked us: How do you manage and/or monitor your SQL Server Agent jobs? (Check out the full invite here.) When I first got started as a D…| Deb the DBA
Happy T-SQL Tuesday! This month (April 2025), Erik Darling asked us to record a video. Enjoy my take!| Deb the DBA
Happy T-SQL Tuesday! Even though it’s my topic, I still found this post hard to write about because there’s so much I want to say. Why I Mentor? The placeholder session that I use to submit to be a mentor for New Stars of Data is called “Pay It Forward.” In a nutshell, those 3 […]| Deb the DBA
Have you ever wanted to know how to create a parquet file directly from your SQL Server 2022 instance? Did you even know that it was an option? Setting this up sounds like it would be really complicated, but it’s much simpler than it seems. Join me as I show you how: As I mention […]| Deb the DBA
Happy T-SQL Tuesday! This month, Steve Jones (blog | Bluesky) asks how we track and manage permissions. I want to throw in a quick aside to give a big thanks to Steve, who took over T-SQL Tuesdays many years and has been keeping it on track and running month after month. Now back to the […]| Deb the DBA
I have to say that I’m so happy with all the response for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday. I think I had 18 responses to go through. It’s been a while since I have seen this many people reply. Can we ke…| Deb the DBA
Happy T-SQL Tuesday! I’m excited to be this month’s host. Our topic this month is one that’s near and dear to my heart: Mentoring and Sponsorship. For those of you who don’t know, I am a co-f…| Deb the DBA
Interesting news dropped – Microsoft announced that Azure Data Studio is going to be retired in 2026. You can read the official announcement here. In some ways, I have to admit that I was a l…| Deb the DBA
