A Lack of Privacy in Smart Cars
With new vehicles becoming more and more computerized and controlled, is data privacy an issue?
Using the Import Extension in Azure Data Studio
Learn how this extension in Azure Data Studio makes it easy to import flat files in a CSV or JSON format.
TABLOCK Hint can Negatively Impact SQL Server Concurrency
In this article, we look at how using the Tablock hint in SQL Server could impact concurrency and block other sessions.
Working with Azure DocumentDB: SQL & NoSQL Together
Updating and deleting documents, creating queries, and managing query results in Microsoft's new NoSQL database-as-a-service.
Data Security and AI
Today Steve discusses an aspect of AI that many people are concerned about: data security. Read more and think about how this might affect your organization.
SQL Server 2022 Build List
This is a list of the builds for SQL Server 2022. There are other build lists available here. A list of all the builds that I can find and install on my Build VM. If you find a build not listed here, please let the webmaster know (webmaster at sqlservercentral.com). All builds are listed in reverse […]
Time Series Data Mining Example with T-SQL when Adding New Data
Learn about working with time series data using T-SQL code and how to add additional data to the data set for more in-depth data mining.
You Are An Inspiration
Hero, Champion, Inspiration. These are words that are bantered around about people regularly. Joe was a hero when he saved that puppy. Betty was the champion runner and won the race. Pat was an inspiration; they work so hard. Hero and champion are universally understood as positive things. Inspiration is typically used as a positive, […]
Blogs
SQL Prompt Tips–Using $surroundtext$ in a Snippet
By Steve Jones
A user on the SQL Community Slack was asking about what the $surroundtext$ variable....
SQL Server Quickie #46 – SQL Server on Linux
Today I have uploaded SQL Server Quickie #46 to YouTube. This time I’m talking...
Giving a Security Webinar this Wednesday
By Brian Kelley
If you haven’t already signed up, on November 29, 2023, at 11 AM Eastern...
Forums
Slicing status based on conditions
Hi, I have a table ShipperStatusHistory that tracks orders, Shipping status and relay points...
sp_dropserver - Bug/behavior change - Leaves transaction open after TRY...CATCH
Verified on latest CU 10 for SQL 2022. Confirmed works correctly on SQL 2019...
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