2021-07-19
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Articles
SQL Server Database Mirroring Inventory
In this article we look at a PowerShell script that can quickly retrieve information about all databases from all servers that are configured to use database mirroring.
2021-07-19
What is Redgate Deploy?
How Redgate Deploy will help you ensure that databases and applications can grow and develop in step, and to implement a workflow for delivery of database changes that is resilient, repeatable, fast and visible.
2021-07-19
PostgreSQL Hibernate Integration
Overview PostgreSQL is a free and general purpose open source object-relational database system that uses and extends the SQL language while Hibernate is probably the most popular ORM tool. If you are not familiar with PostgreSQL then I suggest you to go through this link below before going ahead in this article. This article is […]
2021-07-16
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A Quick Diff Checker for SQL Server Databases
Compare the schemas of two SQL Server databases using SQL Compare command line then quickly produce a diff report showing you immediately which tables, views and functions have changed.
2021-07-16
Migrate Key-Value Pairs from Python Dictionary to SQL Server via JSON
This article will demonstrate how to migrate via JSON, key-value pairs from a Python dictionary object to a SQL Server table.
2021-07-16
Importing a CSV into SQL Server Shouldn't Be This Hard
A frustrating time importing CSV files leads Steve to test the different options.
2021-07-14
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Autoscaling in Microsoft Azure
The ability to scale up and down without maintaining extra hardware is one of the best cloud computing features. In this article, Mahendran Purushothaman explains autoscaling in Microsoft Azure.
2021-07-14
Mergers and acquisitions in Insurance
The insurance sector has seen a marked rise in mergers and acquisitions over the past 12 months, and although these can be an excellent way to leap beyond organic growth, M&As can result in challenges with technology. In this blog, COEO's James Boother provides some tips on how, with good planning, technologies can be a real advantage in your next acquisition.
2021-07-14
An Introduction to Power BI
Introduction Power BI is a collection of software services, apps, and connectors working together. It helps to connect different data sources and get visually immersive and interactive insights from the data. Power BI creates powerful reports to be shared with others, as required. Data may be connected from different sources including files, databases, Azure services, […]
2021-07-12
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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