Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 19hBook Review: Hands-on AI Development with Python blog.greglow.com/2026/10/07/b... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I do like the "self-reflection" that chatgpt comes up with at times: "And yes — I should have suggested that route earlier. It’s considerably easier than going straight to the REST API for this kind of troubleshooting." Normally I only see that asking but this was unprompted in a separate response 010
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Fabric RTI 101: Building Real-Time RAG Using an Eventhouse blog.greglow.com/2026/10/06/f... 020
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026PostgreSQL: Using AI Features in HorizonDB course released This is a great companion to our Using AI Features in PostgreSQL course. We've produced a version specifically targeting Azure HorizonDB. Low cost ($195 USD) and our lifetime access. blog.greglow.com/2026/10/05/u... 010
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Fabric RTI 101: Integrating with MCP-Based Agents blog.greglow.com/2026/10/04/f... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026New course released: Using AI Features in PostgreSQL ! Low cost ($195 USD) and our lifetime access. blog.greglow.com/2026/10/03/u...blog.greglow.comUsing AI Features in PostgreSQL Course ReleasedMore SQL and AI love ! We’ve been working on this for a while. PostgreSQL is a great vector database that can support your AI-based applications. And we’ve just completed a course that can show you… 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Super pleased that our new "Using AI Features in PostgreSQL" course is now out the door ! Low cost and lifetime access. sqldownunder.com/courses/aip_... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fabric RTI 101: AI Anomaly Detector - Limitations blog.greglow.com/2026/10/02/f... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026SQL Server: I can tell from your triggers if you write real production code blog.greglow.com/2026/10/01/s... 130
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: AI Anomaly Detector - Use Cases blog.greglow.com/2026/09/30/f... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026(Or even SimpleTalk -> wish you could edit in @bsky.app) 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New SiimpleTalk article that I wrote on corporate cybersecurity training and how most of it is a complete waste, and worse, consumes "training" budgets: www.red-gate.com/simple-talk/...red-gate.comCybersecurity training doesn't work - here's whyResearch shows cybersecurity training rarely changes behavior or stops phishing. Here's why compliance courses fail - and what actually reduces risk instead. 111
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026SQL Server: Are Big SQL Server Databases Really Slower? blog.greglow.com/2026/09/29/s... 011
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: AI Anomaly Detection - Available Models blog.greglow.com/2026/09/28/f... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026SQL Server: Should I Focus on Reads or Writes in SQL Server? blog.greglow.com/2026/09/27/s... 010
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: AI Anomaly Detection - How it works blog.greglow.com/2026/09/26/f... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Opinion: When it "It almost worked" become acceptable? blog.greglow.com/2026/09/25/o... 010
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Might also work somewhat if the source was already an analytic system but they rarely are. Adding a few system generated columns would make it much better for incremental loading, which you need for any sizable system where the data needs transformation. 001
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Mirroring isn't a great solution, at least until it provides an easy way to determine which data has changed. It could be a good solution, with some enhancements. Until then, it's suitable for people building DirectLake solutions directly on transactional data structures (bad) or toy sized systems. 100
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I wish there was consistency in the naming in the UI. Half the time it's just "Warehouse" now, but often it still says "Data Warehouse". When you create one, it says "Warehouse" so that's what I'm running with at present :-) 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: AI-Powered Anomaly Detection blog.greglow.com/2026/09/24/f... 010
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Fabric Warehouse users: The next version of our free SDU_Tools (v28) will include a new branch of the tools for Fabric Warehouse. We've finished migrating 164 tools into the new branch ! Will be available by next week at: sqldownunder.com/sdutoolssqldownunder.comSDU ToolsFree tools for developers and DBAs Free for anyone on the SDUInsiders email list. Current release is v27.1. SDU Tools is an easy to use toolkit. You just run a single script to install it in any datab... 021
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Book Review: Confessions of a Persuasion Hitman blog.greglow.com/2026/09/23/b... 010
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: Integrating with Machine Learning blog.greglow.com/2026/09/22/f... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026SQL Server: Entity Attribute Value Tables (Part 2) – Pros and Cons blog.greglow.com/2026/09/21/s... 020
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: Using Update Policies to Transform Data blog.greglow.com/2026/09/20/f... 002
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026SQL Server: Design - Entity Attribute Value Tables (Part 1) - Why? blog.greglow.com/2026/09/19/s... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: Using Special Functions blog.greglow.com/2026/09/18/f... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026First day touring we both jumped on a day tour group. Was 600 yuan each, so 1200 total, and it was a hectic rush with 24 people on the tour. Second day we paid 1500 and got a towncar, driver, and personal tour guide. Magnificent. Glad the hotel told us to try that. 050
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We hired a private guide and towncar for the day (fabulous option) but he spent the whole time worried we might trip on the surface. I got the impression he thought he'd be in trouble if we had a problem. 150
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Until going there, it hadn't dawned on me how uneven the surface of most sections is. I thought generations of people walking on it would have flattened it out a bit. 150
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026SQL Server: Avoid Unneces Abbrevs blog.greglow.com/2026/09/17/s... 111
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: Using wildcards with union blog.greglow.com/2026/09/16/f... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026SQL Server: Colums - how big is too big? blog.greglow.com/2026/09/15/s... 120
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: Cross-database and cross-cluster queries blog.greglow.com/2026/09/14/f... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Book Review: Bill Bryson Down Under blog.greglow.com/2026/09/13/b... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: Partitioning strategies blog.greglow.com/2026/09/12/f... 021
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Want to do a data related exam? There are some free vouchers that can be used for DP-600 (Fabric), DP-700 (Fabric Data Engineer), and DP-800 (SQL Server Dev/AI). Please reach out if you want one and I'll see if any are left, but you MUST take the exam before Sept 29th (no extensions past that). 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026SQL Server: Are bit columns useless in SQL Server indexes? blog.greglow.com/2026/09/11/s... 021
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: KQL materialized views blog.greglow.com/2026/09/10/f... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026SDU Tools: Determining Leap Years in T-SQL with IsLeapYear blog.greglow.com/2026/09/09/s... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: Scaling eventstreams blog.greglow.com/2026/09/08/f... 001
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Opinion: What is happening to H? blog.greglow.com/2026/09/07/o... 010
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: Data Retention Strategies blog.greglow.com/2026/09/06/f... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Book Review: Serverless ETL and Analytics with AWS Glue (2nd Edition) blog.greglow.com/2026/09/05/b... 000
Dr Greg Low @greglow.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Fabric RTI 101: Hybrid architectures blog.greglow.com/2026/09/04/f... 020
