Implementing Date Calculations in SQL
This article explains a way to use labels (last year, YTD, etc.) for report parameters.
2020-03-05
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Build your DevOps business case with industry insights
With over 2000 participants from every industry sector across the globe, the State of Database DevOps report will help shape the business case of any team looking to implement or improve their approach to database DevOps, no matter the platform they choose to work with. Including a foreword from Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman, Customer Success Engineer at Microsoft, discover the landscape of database DevOps for 2020.
2020-03-05
SQL Server on VMWare Performance Optimization
While VMWare hosts mission critical SQL Server applications around the world, there are several configuration and design choices that can bring your databases to a grinding halt. Learn how to optimally configure & optimize SQL Servers running on VMWare
2020-03-05
Beginner Guide to In-Memory Optimized Tables in SQL Server
Microsoft added the In-Memory OLTP (aka memory optimized tables) feature to SQL Server 2014. Operations to this type of table do not need locks, therefore eliminating blocking and deadlocking. In this Article, Monica Rathbun demonstrates how to get started using memory optimized tables.
2020-03-04
Using SQL Prompt Code Snippets for Repetitive Tasks
Louis Davidson discovers the joy of using SQL Prompt code snippets to remove repetition from a variety of tasks, from inserting comment headers, to creating tables, to executing useful metadata queries.
2020-03-04
2020-03-03 (first published: 2019-11-25)
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Database Build Breakers: Avoiding Constraint Violations during SQL Server Deployments
Phil Factor shows you how to prevent constraint violations from ‘breaking the build’, during SQL Compare deployments, by ferreting out any conflicting rows in advance, and developing a script to fix the data.
2020-03-03
SQL Server Checkpoint Monitoring with Extended Events
In this article Aaron Bertrand looks at how to use SQL Server Extended Events to monitor performance of checkpoints for databases not using indirect checkpoints.
2020-03-03
Introduction to STRING_SPLIT function in SQL
This article explains the T-SQL function STRING_SPLIT() and demonstrates a creative use for it.
2020-03-02
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Get Your Scalar UDFs to Run Faster Without Code Changes
Microsoft has added a group of features called Intelligent Query Processing to SQL Server 2017 and 2019. In this article, Greg Larsen explains one of the features, Scalar UDF Inlining.
2020-03-02
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that one limitation in replication
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Detecting Deadlocks
By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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