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A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or cloud-hosted AI models without relying on massive general-purpose LLMs. I ...

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Based on the expertise of Intelligent Converters specialists gained from a variety of migration projects, this whitepaper reveals best practices, key bottlenecks, and some tips and tricks for ...

Apache OpenOffice's Calc application contains a handy feature for restructuring spreadsheet tables or data lists. Hidden in Calc's Paste Special option, the Transpose feature enables you to convert ...

In the modern business landscape, the ability to efficiently manage and utilize data is critical to success. As businesses grow, so does the complexity of their data management needs. While Microsoft ...

You may have observed that you can copy or move cells, rows, columns, or ranges in Microsoft Office Excel at your convenience. However, there appears to be no trick available for swapping them. Not ...

Sometimes, you may want to convert data in one column to organized data in Excel. This is especially true when you copy-paste unorganized data from a word editor to an Excel sheet. All the data is ...

OK, I’ll admit it. I’m not a DBA, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t overseen databases and their performance. I was (and probably still am) the guy who installed a Microsoft SQL database by hitting Next ...