SQL WHERE Tutorial
In this article, we look at several different examples of how to use the SQL WHERE clause to narrow down searches for data in a SQL Server table.
2022-09-16
Articles
How to Create a SQL Server Database, Tables, Foreign Keys and Data for an Application
Learn how to create SQL Server database tables, foreign keys, and create data to begin building a database to support application development.
2022-09-14
Monitoring: The ROI of Build vs. Buy
There and pros and cons to building a monitoring system versus purchasing one: in other words, the ROI of build vs. buy. In this blog post, Grant Fritchey discusses when you should build, and when you should buy.
2022-09-14
How to visualize Python charts in Power BI Part 2
This article continues looking at python code in Power BI to produce charts.
2022-09-12
6,040 reads
Understanding the System Function FILEPROPERTY()
Learn how to use the system function, FILEPROPERTY(), to get information about your database in T-SQL.
2022-09-09
4,264 reads
Data Visualizations for Excel Multi-Chart Sets with SQL Server Data
This article covers how to create multi-chart visualizations in Excel using data from SQL Server.
2022-09-09
Rollbacks, Undos and Undonts
Rollback scripts are designed to allow us to recover safely from a failed deployment that leaves the database in an indeterminate state. They must check exactly what needs to be reverted before doing so. If you work with an RDBMS that cannot support transaction DDL rollback they are vital. This article proposes a strategy where you create and test a rollback file, at the same time as the forward migration, and reuse it as a Flyway undo script.
2022-09-09
SQL Ledger: Protecting Data in Azure SQL
Learn how you can set up and use Ledger tables in an Azure SQL Database to verify the integrity of your database changes.
2022-09-07
9,413 reads
How to Expand a Range of Dates into Rows with the SQL Server Function GENERATE_SERIES
In this tip, we cover how to use the GENERATE_SERIES function to expand a range of dates into rows
2022-09-07
Introducing the MySQL SELECT statement
Use SELECT statements to query a MySQL database. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains how.
2022-09-07
Blogs
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
T-SQL Tuesday #196: Taking Risks
By Steve Jones
This month we have a new host, James Serra. I’ve been trying to find...
Forums
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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