In this article, we are going to talk about nullable and non-nullable columns specifically related to Postgres databases. While the reasons to use nullable or non-nullable columns may seem obvious at first, there are pitfalls associated with each decision that either affect development velocity, affect application performance, or cause downtime. Let's start with definitions. Nullable […]
2023-02-03
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This tip walks through the steps of how to combine data from SQL Server Analysis Services SSAS 2022 with other data using Power BI Desktop.
2023-02-03
An overview of the challenges of database testing and test data management, reviewing the different types of database test that need to run during development work, what sort of test data they require, and how to manage all the required data sets, during development, in a way that allows rapid cycles of parallel testing.
2023-02-03
This article provides an overview of Data Fabric and its components.
2023-02-01
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Learn how to setup, configure and ingest data from Google Drive using Azure Data Factory in this step-by-step article.
2023-02-01
As with many relational database management systems, MySQL provides a variety of methods for combining data in a data manipulation language (DML) statement. You can join multiple tables in a single query or add subqueries that pull data in from other tables.
2023-02-01
Learn how you can back up your SQL Server 2022 databases to Google Cloud Storage.
2023-01-30
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How to create and manage 'stub' objects, in Flyway migrations, in order to overcome build failures caused by circular, or mutual, dependencies between objects in different databases. The technique should be applicable to any RDBMS.
2023-01-30
In this article, we cover how to encrypt a SQL Server stored procedure and how SQL Server hides the source code for these objects once encrypted.
2023-01-30
Learn how you can share your Power BI report with others in the public. Steve shows how his data in Google Sheets is added to Power BI and then made public in a report.
2023-01-27
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I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?