Business Analytics from Application Logs and SQL Server Database using Splunk
Learn how Splunk can be used to get information from application logs or a SQL Server database.
Look Beyond What You See
One of the sales managers at Redgate Software posted an origin story about how he came to work at Redgate Software. It's an interesting story, and while I don't work in sales or have the same origin story, I don't know that I could have seen the place I'm in now early in my career. […]
Building a Database with Flyway
Flyway, especially Flyway Teams edition, can be used in several different ways to accommodate a database development that was originally based on builds rather than migrations. This article explores four different ways to use Flyway to build a particular version of a database, from the ground up, using a single migration script. It should help teams select the best way to incorporate Flyway into an existing database build system, during development, while benefitting from use of Flyway's versioned migration system for deployments and releases.
SQL Server vs Oracle: Data Masking
In this article, we look at how to mask/hide data for users using Dynamic Data Masking in SQL Server and Data Redaction in Oracle
How to setup multi-subnets Azure SQL VM AG group based WSFC (Windows Server 2019)
In this article, we will learn how to set up Azure SQL VM AOAG based on Windows Server 2019 Failover Cluster step-by-step, it is a detailed supplement to the Microsoft official articles and it is a beginner's guide for people who have no experience to do that, please read this article closely with Mircosoft's guide: […]
Three Mile Island And Your Databases
Grant takes a few lessons for database DR from a nuclear accident in the US.
How to Format Dates in SQL Server (Hint: Don’t Use FORMAT!)
Here's why you should NEVER use the FORMAT() function in SQL Server.
What Do We Want to See in SQL Server?
Microsoft reads your feedback, but doesn't always build it. However, your votes can sway them at times. Today Steve asks what you'd like to see added to SQL Server.
[From the archives] 5 things to look for in a 3rd party database monitoring tool
Are you evaluating the effectiveness of your homegrown database monitoring tool or looking at investing in a 3rd party one? This helpful blog post suggests 5 things to look for in your evaluations.
Generate Random Dates in T-SQL
In this article we look at how to generate random dates in SQL Server to build a sample dataset along with code and examples
Blogs
Working with Neo4j Imports–I HATE CASE SENSITIVITY
By Steve Jones
I’ve been working to better understand graph databases and where they can be useful....
Daily Coping 8 Aug 2022
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
Azure DevOps: Deploying Power BI reports with a parameterized gateway-based Data Source
By Rayis Imayev
(2022-Aug-08) You have developed your Power BI report, by connecting one or more sourcing datasets,...
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Any BIxPress users out there?
We use a third party logging framework from what is now SolarWinds (originally PragmaticWorks)....
Please help to get the data from 3rd to 4th under score i.e 20200912175059319
organisationneyes.wsd.md_1_1_20200912175059319_a86d1d549e1cafcf.jpg from above string Please help to get the data from 3rd under score...
Read multiple files of same name and process in DB
Hi All, I have a requirement like, we will receive multiple csv files in...
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