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April 19, 2018
Do you check your backups?
Backups. Are you confident you can restore? Do you have a process that ensures you can recover your systems? Learn how one system works in the cloud.
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2018/04/19
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SQL Server Graph Databases – Part 2: Querying Data in a Graph Database
Along with Graph Databases, Microsoft has introduced the new MATCH function for querying them. Robert Sheldon explains how to use the new function.
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5 challenges to scaling DevOps at enterprise level
Many large enterprises launch small DevOps initiatives within certain departments, but subsequently find that scaling DevOps across the organization faces a number of challenges that must be overcome.
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Stairway to Columnstore Indexes Level 5: Adding New Data To Columnstore Indexes
Earlier levels have shown how Columnstore Indexes work effectively with static data. In most tables however, data is hardly ever static. We are constantly inserting new rows, and updating or deleting existing rows. If you think about what this means for a columnstore index, you will realize that this comes with some unique challenges.
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2018/04/18 (first published: 2015/11/04)
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Free eBook: SQL Server Execution Plans, Second Edition
Every day, out in the various online forums devoted to SQL Server, and on Twitter, the same types of questions come up repeatedly: Why is this query running slowly? Why is SQL Server ignoring my index? Why does this query run quickly sometimes and slowly at others? My response is the same in each case: have you looked at the execution plan?
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2018/04/18 (first published: 2013/07/30)
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Why sp_prepare Isn’t as “Good” as sp_executesql for Performance
Erik Darling shows how execution plan estimates suffer.
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Fixing system database corruption with setup.exe
Corruption of the system databases is a serious matter. Setup.exe is a brute force method of replacing them.
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2018/04/17
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Recover Data in SQL Server AWS RDS with the Help of BACPAC
With Amazon RDS, it’s easy to have a SQL Server running in minutes. There are some limitations, though. Seth Delconte explains a workaround to overcome one of the limitations: the inability to restore a second copy of a database to recover missing data.
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Effective Database Testing with SQL Test and SQL Cover
A well-established technique for improving application code quality, during software development, is to run unit tests, in conjunction with a code coverage tool. The aim is not only to test that your software components behave as you would expect, but also that your suite of tests gives your code a thorough workout.
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SQL Server From .Net: Making A Connection
A basic introduction for developers about creating a connection from .Net to SQL Server, and some of the options available.
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2018/04/16
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Azure SQL Database and Columnstore Indexes
I have come to understand the importance of using columnstore indexes when my queries are aggregating and scanning across many...
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2018/04/19
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Change SQL Server Collation – Back to Basics
One of my most favorite things in the world is the opportunity to deal with extremely varying database and environment...
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Log shipping for SQL Server 2017 on Linux
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2018/04/19
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Let's suppose you have two instances of SQL Server 2017, one on Linux and another one on Windows. Is it possible to set up log shipping between these two instances?
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