SQL Standard Confusion
The whole universe, the well-guarded people—may they all query databases together in a single language!
Data Flow Formatters - Flatten, Parse and Stringify in Azure Data Factory
This article discusses the data flow formatters, Flatten, Parse, and Stringify, which can be useful when dealing with JSON data.
DevOps is Mostly About People
Steve says the secret to DevOps is teamwork, which means that people matter. The tools help, but the humans determine the success level.
Metrics that matter for IT organizations on an agile journey
Measuring the wrong things is worse than not measuring anything. In this article, Mallika Gunturu explains the right things to measure for agile.
Searching a Flyway Database
As a database gets larger, and development more complex, so it becomes increasingly necessary to be able to search for strings in the source files and the database itself. Maybe you need to find when a table first got created, when a foreign key was added, or to find out which tables lack documentation. I'll show you how to answer these sorts of questions by running simple 'wildcard' searches on your Flyway migration files, or source files, as well as more targeted searches on certain parts of your database model.
Stairway to Columnstore Indexes Level 3: Building The Columnstore
The performance increase columnstore indexes grant when reading data from the index is offset by the expensive process required to build the index. In this Stairway level, Hugo Kornelis walks you through the steps SQL Server takes when building (or rebuilding) a columnstore index.
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.
Python Built-in Statistics Functions using SQL Server Data
Learn how to use statistical functions in Python with data from a SQL Server database along with several different examples.
How to use a Powershell script to track the network latency issue in AOAG
In this article, we will learn how to use a Powershell script to track the network latency issue in the AwlaysOn availability group (AOAG), the network latency may become a real issue for the AOAG, if the network latency is too high for AOAG, the primary replica will lose the connection to the secondary replica, […]
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Setting up SQL Server 2022 s3 Object Storage Integration using MinIO with Docker Compose
In this blog post, I’ve implemented two example environments for using SQL Server 2022’s...
Daily Coping 12 Aug 2022
By Steve Jones
I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQLServerCentral newsletter and to...
My Toolbox - Greenshot
By Zikato
Foreword A picture is worth a thousand words. I use screenshots daily, whether it’s to...
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Restore Database Error - SQL2014 Developer in Windows 7 Pro
Hi I'll start by stating the system I'm running: SQL Server 2014 Developer SP3,...
Storing world location data using spatial datatypes
hi the app we are building is a globe or world map that is...
backup and storage questions
I have a 1.3 terabyte database and growing, in which 1 table a month...
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