The Products-Often-Purchased-Together Problem Solved in R
Learn how to analysis products that might be sold together using R and SQL Server.
2020-05-19
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Articles
Run SQL Server Agent Job from SSIS
While we can schedule SQL Server Agent jobs and SSRS report subscriptions, the actual time that we want to run them is dependent on when certain processing in our SSIS packages is completed. We also have certain business rules surrounding launching these jobs that we need to enforce which the built-in scheduling capabilities cannot accommodate. For example, we execute a SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) report subscription every Monday at 8:00AM but we want to skip it if the current week coincides with our month end processing which will also execute a report subscription for the same report. Can you provide a solution that we can use to accomplish this?
2020-05-19
2020-05-18
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Six reasons to version control your database
For most application developers, it’s unthinkable to work without version control. So why is the database any different? This blog lays out 6 clear benefits to applying version control best practice to your database alongside your application.
2020-05-18
Bones of SQL - Practical Calendar Queries
After the first article created a Calendar table, learn how to use this in a practical sense with some common queries.
2020-05-15 (first published: 2016-10-13)
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Forum FAQ
With the implementation of the BBPress forums at SQLServerCentral, a few community members have asked how the forums work and how to best use them. This document will address a few of the items that have been asked by users. A list of questions is followed by the answers below. If you have additional questions […]
2020-05-15
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How SQL Clone and SQL Change Automation enable seamless Database Branch Switching
Learn how to use SQL Clone together with Git hooks and SQL Change Automation to branch your database in Git as quickly and simply as your code.
2020-05-15
Why Ordering Isn’t Guaranteed Without an ORDER BY
If your query doesn’t have an ORDER BY clause, you can’t reliably predict the order of your results over time. Sure, it’s going to look predictable at first, but down the road, as things change – the indexes, the table, the server’s configuration, the size of your data – you can end up with some ugly surprises.
2020-05-15
A Solution for the Bin Packing Problem
A detailed description of a technique for the the solution of the Bin Packing Problem, that involves a recursive CTE and Window functions
2020-05-14 (first published: 2020-04-23)
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A Hybrid Approach to Database DevOps
A flexible approach to Database DevOps where the team maintain the current state of the database in version control, during development, and then at key stages generate and test the migrations script that will deploy the changes to the target database, safely.
2020-05-14
Blogs
Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network Protection
Fabric inbound network protection involves two tenant-level controls: Private Link and Block Public Internet...
Match the Model to the Task, Not the App: An Orchestrator-Worker Pattern in Python
Most apps that call an LLM send every request to the same model. That...
Advice I Like: Responsibility
By Steve Jones
“The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not...
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AI Observability Challenges in FinOps as a DBA
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Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...
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Finding a Database Master Key
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