T-SQL Fundamentals
For anyone else who needs to write queries or develop T-SQL code for SQL Server, Azure SQL Database, or Azure SQL Managed Instance
2025-11-10 (first published: 2025-10-14)
25 reads
Books
Murach's SQL Server 2022 for developers
Murach's SQL Server 2022 for Developers is a comprehensive guide to database design and management. This computer book teaches essential SQL statements through clear examples and practical exercises. The book's unique paired-pages format makes learning database software concepts easier, while providing in-depth coverage of database management fundamentals. Ideal for both beginners and seasoned developers seeking to enhance their data management skills.
2025-11-07 (first published: 2025-10-14)
325 reads
Architecting Power BI Solutions in Microsoft Fabric
Business Intelligence (BI) tools like Power BI are used by a wide range of professionals, creating diverse and complex scenarios, and finding the right solution can be daunting, especially when multiple approaches exist for a single use case. The author distills his 17 years of experience on various data platform technologies in this book to walk you through various Power BI usage scenarios.
2025-11-06 (first published: 2025-05-27)
3,178 reads
Refactoring Databases: Evolutionary Database Design
Refactoring has proven its value in a wide range of development projects–helping software professionals improve system designs, maintainability, extensibility, and performance.
2025-11-06 (first published: 2024-09-18)
4,996 reads
SQL Server Advanced Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning: Best Practices and Techniques
This practical book provides a comprehensive overview of troubleshooting and performance tuning best practices for Microsoft SQL Server. Database engineers, including database developers and administrators, will learn how to identify performance issues, troubleshoot the system in a holistic fashion, and properly prioritize tuning efforts to attain the best system performance possible.
2025-11-06 (first published: 2025-10-14)
37 reads
Learn T-SQL Querying
Troubleshoot query performance issues, identify anti-patterns in your code, and write efficient T-SQL queries with this guide for T-SQL developers
2025-11-05 (first published: 2024-02-29)
4,104 reads
Learn Microsoft Fabric: A practical guide to performing data analytics in the era of artificial intelligence
A step-by-step guide to harness the power of Microsoft Fabric in developing data analytics solutions for various use cases
2025-11-03 (first published: 2024-11-25)
10,274 reads
Introduction to PostgreSQL for the data professional
Adoption and use of PostgreSQL is growing all the time. From mom-and-pop shops to large enterprises, more data is being managed by PostgreSQL. In turn, this means that more data professionals need to learn PostgreSQL even when they have experience with other databases. While the documentation around PostgreSQL is detailed and technically rich, finding a simple, clear path to learning what it is, what it does, and how to use it can be challenging. This book seeks to help with that challenge.
2025-10-31 (first published: 2025-02-06)
4,296 reads
The Phoenix Project
In this newly updated and expanded edition of the bestselling The Phoenix Project, co-author Gene Kim includes a new afterword and a deeper delve into the Three Ways as described in The DevOps Handbook.
2025-10-27 (first published: 2024-02-20)
3,214 reads
Microsoft Power BI Quick Start Guide: The ultimate beginner's guide to data modeling, visualization, digital storytelling, and more, 3rd Edition
Bring your data to life with this accessible yet fast-paced introduction to Power BI, now in color.
2025-10-24 (first published: 2023-06-19)
12,967 reads
Blogs
Inspecting TSQL Abstract Syntax Trees
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TSQL ScriptDOM is a useful library for parsing scripts into an abstract syntax tree....
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Over the past few months, I have debated starting a new blog to discuss...
T-SQL Tuesday #192 Invitation: SQL Server 2025 Excitement
By Steve Jones
It’s that time of the month again, and once again, I’m late and I’m...
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The New Database CheckDB
I run this code:
create database experiment
go
use Experiment
go
select DATABASEPROPERTYEX('Experiment', 'LastGoodCheckDbTime')
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