Before diving into queries, confirm that sqlservr.exe is the process consuming the CPU, and not an antivirus, backup tool, or OS update. T-SQL Check Run this to see the CPU utilization history over ...

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At today's kickoff for Microsoft Ignite, the company announced that SQL Server 2025 is finally coming. No timing was announced for the release, but based on prior versions, I would expect to see a ...

The increasing adoption of AI technologies is presenting new challenges for our customers’ data estate and applications. Most organizations expect to deploy AI workloads across a hybrid mix of cloud, ...

SUBSTRING and CHARINDEX functions are two of the most commonly used string functions in SQL. They allow you to extract and search for substrings within strings. SUBSTRING: The SUBSTRING function is ...

There are quite a few ways to extract words and substrings from lines of text on a Linux system, replace them with other strings, select delimiters, and even get rid of white space at the beginning ...

Ahead of Microsoft Build (and a possible SQL Server announcement), let's break down what we know and speculate about what we don't. One topic that has come up in several conversations with customers ...

In the modern digital landscape, data privacy has become a paramount concern. As individuals and organizations seek to harness the power of artificial intelligence (AI) while maintaining control over ...

Learn how to use MID() and FIND() and then combine them to parse substrings from inconsistent data. Parsing data is a common task in Excel. For the most part, you’ll do so when you need to work with ...