It's Not Yours
We may talk about our databases, but hopefully most of us know we don't own the data.
Permissions and Security in Dynamic Data Masking - Step 4 of the Stairway to Dynamic Data Masking
Learn about the permissions associated with Dynamic Data Masking as well as some of the security implications of using this feature.
Oracle optimizer removing or coalescing subqueries
The Oracle optimizer often changes the query to get better performance. In this article, Jonathan Lewis explains two more optimizations involving subqueries.
Sharing SQL Prompt Code Snippets and Styles via the Redgate Platform
SQL Prompt users can now share formatting style or code snippets in designated Team spaces on the Redgate Platform. Louis Davidson explains how it works.
How to use Images in Power BI Report Builder
Learn how you can add images to your reports in Power BI when using the Report Builder.
It's the Engineers
The staff that build your systems are more important than your choice of technology.
Database DevOps: Standardize, Automate, Monitor & Protect
See how our end-to-end framework for extending DevOps to your database enables your organization to balance the demand to deliver software fast with the need to protect and preserve business critical data.
Getting results using less T-SQL
There is usually more than one way to write a query. In this article, Edward Pollack explains a few ways to write simpler T-SQL code.
Moving on but not far
During my technical career, I’ve changed companies several times. I even worked as an independent contractor for three years. One thing I have never done before was switch departments and roles within one company. That’s about to change in a couple of weeks as I move from Simple Talk Editor and DevOps Advocate in Marketing […]
Blogs
Daily Coping 26 May 2022
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Seeding an Availability Group Replica from Snapshot
Background If you’ve been using Availability Groups, you’re familiar with the replica seeding (sometimes...
Microsoft Build event announcements
By James Serra
There were a number of data platform announcements at Microsoft Build yesterday that I...
Forums
Print sql server substring from a table column and put into a table
Hello, Looking for a guidance to form a script to extract a specific substring...
Backup by specified date interval
Good afternoon, Consulting the SQL Server documentation I saw that there are some types...
Selecting distinct values from dupes based on latest date
I have a table of patients that has often multiple occurrences of a patient...
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