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2021-05-26 (first published: 2021-05-05)
Summary In this article, we will be looking at some of the useful techniques on how to reduce dimensionality in our datasets. When we talk about dimensionality, we are referring to the number of columns in our dataset assuming that we are working on a tidy and a clean dataset. When we have many columns […]
2021-05-24
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What do you think the top 10 Database DevOps trends in 2021 are? Redgate has condensed 3,200 survey responses from IT professionals worldwide into a handy infographic. Discover insights such as the top challenge in improving software delivery performance and the correlation between DevOps adoption and high-performing teams.
2021-05-24
Greg Larsen continues his series and shows how user-defined roles roles can control SQL Server security.
2021-05-24
Always Encrypted is a new security feature which was introduced in SQL Server 2016. Always Encrypted is a technology to ensure the data stored in a database remains encrypted at all times during SQL Server query processing. Always Encrypted allows clients to encrypt sensitive data, such as credit card numbers and national identification numbers, inside the […]
2021-05-21 (first published: 2019-09-05)
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How to write idempotent DDL scripts that Flyway can run several times on a database, such as after a hotfix has already been applied directly to the production database, without causing errors.
2021-05-21
Edward Pollack demonstrates how SQL Server plan cache mining can uncover a wealth of information to help with troubleshooting performance issues.
2021-05-21
I want to show you how two common operators can deceive you into believing you have constructed a proper SQL statement for your solution. We may want to filter results in a table by using using a IN/NOT IN or a INNER JOIN/LEFT JOIN to another table. There are a couple of hidden dangers here […]
2021-05-19
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Organizations have many choices when it comes to databases. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains how to choose between SQL and NoSQL databases.
2021-05-19
In this article we look at how to measure lead time for development projects using Python along with GitHub and JIRA.
2021-05-19
Are you considering replatforming your SQL Server workload due to recent vendor changes, but...
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When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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