A set of PowerShell cmdlets that will 'diff' two versions of a database and provide a high-level overview of the major database changes made by successive Flyway migrations. You can 'diff' a SQL Server database to the same one on PostgreSQL and find out which objects are the same and which are different.
2021-09-01
Dealing with NULL values especially when joining tables can become a challenge. Let's take a look at this issue and how this can be resolved.
2021-09-01
Recently a customer was asking for a way to alert on job steps that failed, but the job succeeded. They really wanted a custom metric for SQL Monitor, which I submitted, but this post looks at the query in general, trying to determine if a job step failed. Note: Let me start by noting that […]
2021-08-30
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This guide describes how to identify and resolve latch contention issues observed when running SQL Server applications on high concurrency systems with certain workloads.
2021-08-30
Learn how to schedule processes in Azure SQL Database using an Azure Function in this easy to follow step by step tutorial.
2021-08-30
Well-formatted scripts are always easier to maintain and enhance readability to high degree. Formatting standards are an important part of coding standards anywhere and if not, they need to be. If there are a large number of scripts this can add up to a significant amount of time needed to maintain them. It is also […]
2021-08-27
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Learn how to execute the same batch of SQL Server commands X number of times using the GO command.
2021-08-27
Get started with running Flyway migrations on SQLite databases, using PowerShell.
2021-08-27
In this tip find out how to use Azure Data factory to build an incremental pipeline from Azure SQL Database to Databricks.
2021-08-25
Introduction In my last article, Working with Azure IoT Central at SQLServerCentral, I gave an overview of Azure IoT Central. I had connected my mobile phone as a device to Azure IoT Central and collected the telemetry data. In this article, I will export the telemetry data continuously from Azure IoT Central to Azure SQL […]
2021-08-23
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