Database Deployment with Terraform - Modules
Deploy resources in Azure using reusable code with Terraform modules.
2026-02-16 (first published: 2022-10-10)
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Wagner Crivelini
Database Deployment with Terraform - The Basics
Learn the basics of using Terraform to declaratively specify how to configure resources in infrastructure.
2022-10-17 (first published: 2022-08-26)
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System-Versioned Temporal Tables - A Case Study
A short look at temporal tables and how to deal with the system generated historical tables.
2021-03-29
3,769 reads
TDE BYOK and Geo-Replication in Azure SQL DB
Recently a customer asked me for help with setting up a test of an Azure SQL Database in the single database tier with Geo-Replication to work with Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) with a customer-managed key, also known as Bring Your Own Key (BYOK). It is very simple to do it when you use service-managed keys, […]
2020-07-21
2,571 reads
Cursors for T-SQL Beginners
Should we really avoid cursors? See how to rewrite code to avoid cursors and also analyze the implications.
2011-05-27 (first published: 2009-01-01)
23,385 reads
SQL and the JOIN Operator
How the JOIN operator works, the different types of JOINs and relevant information about joining tables.
2011-03-03 (first published: 2009-10-07)
47,608 reads
Do You Really Need Surrogate Keys? Part 1 – Concepts and Methods
This is the first of a series of articles to analyze the use of surrogate keys in different scenarios.
2010-10-25
14,059 reads
2009-05-19
13,193 reads
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Converting Money
Does this run successfully on a SQL Server 2022, US English default installation?
DECLARE @YenAmount MONEY; SET @YenAmount = ¥1500; SELECT @YenAmount AS RawValue;See possible answers