@greglow.bsky.social
Long term Microsoft Data Platform MVP and RD
Thanks to Shree Khanal and references to Nirmal Raj Joshi
11.02.2026 07:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I love it when I get to add features that will be appreciated by even a handful of users. Next version of SDU Tools will have a variety of functions and views for handling Nepali dates. (From user requests)
11.02.2026 07:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
SQL Down Under show 94 with guest Ben Weissman discussing vectors, REST, and AI in SQL Server 2025 is now published !
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Book Review: When No One's Keeping Score by Drew Robbins
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SQL Server: Log Shipping Between SQL Server Versions
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Fabric RTI 101: Using AMQP vs HTTP
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Opinion: Progress DBMS - three lessons for ISVs (including collective deafness)
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Fabric RTI 101: Azure IoT Hub
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It's a pity they don't all support nesting. I tend to use inline ones for everything now.
05.02.2026 10:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Opinion: Crocodiles and curiosity
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04.02.2026 09:56 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fabric RTI 101: Azure Event Hubs
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SQL Server: sys.dm_fts_parser for Full-Text Word Breaking
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Fabric RTI 101: Message Brokers and Event Streams
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Probably his musings on X, pushed into everyone's feed. So glad I bailed out on it after he took over. I couldn't take another day of the bile that he kept pushing into my feed, even though I wasn't following him.
01.02.2026 23:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
SQL Server: Practical SQL Server Encryption - TDE, Always Encrypted, and When to Use Each
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Wow - have been tidying up old blog posts, removing any invalid info, fixing images, and code, removing dead links, etc. Can't believe how much work it has been. I'm nearly finished with posts up to 2008. I do a little bit each day but such a long way to go...
31.01.2026 09:59 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Fabric RTI 101: Event-Driven vs Request-Driven Systems
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30/01/2026 How SQL Server Really Uses the Service Master Key
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Fabric RTI 101: What is the Real-Time Hub?
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If you are running technical events, please make it clear whether they are hybrid or in-person only (or even online only)
28.01.2026 02:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wouldn't it be great if the "leader of the free world" was literate and could spell? "route" -> "rout"
28.01.2026 01:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And didn't get the difference between a sink and a basin.
27.01.2026 08:40 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Wow. Ouyen (here in Victoria) was 48.9 C (120.2 F) today
27.01.2026 07:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Fabric RTI 101: What are Actions?
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I closed my X account just after Musk took over. So glad I did. Don't miss the bile, particularly from Musk who was forced into my feed even though I didn't follow him.
26.01.2026 10:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
SQL Server: Tempdb, Temporary Tables, and Collation: A Design Trap You Can Avoid
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SQL: Common Anti-Patterns that Stop Parallelism
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Fabric RTI 101: What is Processing?
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I see articles about people already using Fabric IQ. I don't know how that's possible without support for at least metrics/measures. I'm sure that will be planned as it's an obviously missing aspect, but how is anyone using it in the meantime?
24.01.2026 10:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
