A robust Python script that converts Excel (.xlsx, .xls) and CSV files to T-SQL INSERT statements, ready for execution in SQL Server or Azure SQL Database.

SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.Orders ON; MERGE INTO dbo.Orders AS T USING ( VALUES (10248, 90, 5, '1996-07-04', 3), (10249, 81, 6, '1996-07-05', 1) ) AS S (OrderID, CustID ...

Introduction: Retrieval Augmented generation (RAG) is a natural language processing (NLP) technique that combines information retrieval and natural language understanding with content generation. RAG ...

Some good news for those of you using DirectQuery mode in Power BI: the ApproximateDistinctCount DAX function, which returns an estimate of the number of the distinct values in a column and which can ...

The SQL Repay tool was created since SQL Server's Replay feature is based on SQL Server Profiler traces rather than SQL Server Extended Events. Other key features of the SQL Replay tool: We don't want ...

SQL Server 2016 lets you treat JSON objects like rows in a table, allowing you to use data from AJAX queries in joins, updates and any other SQL statement you can think of. SQL Server 2016 provides ...

So much of modern programming is about string manipulation. Whether it’s parsing XML content, building HTML for the browser or trying to understand what the user just typed into that text entry field, ...

I think storing images in a database can save a developer loads of time and can ease his life while dealing with visuals, either creating a local application or a web application. Think of storing ...