When you’re first approaching a SQL Server, start with sp_Blitz. We’ll cover my favorite parameters and what I look for in the results, and then start building our notes in Markdown for our eventual health check recommendations for the rest of our team.
2020-04-30
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SQL Server 2019 has introduced several new features that offer improved performance. The optimizer continues to evolve and get smarter.
2020-04-29
Learn how to build your first Azure Data Factory Pipeline
2020-04-28
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Diogo Souza completes his series on CQRS. He demonstrates Event Sourcing to capture the data as it flows through the system which can then be analyzed without affecting the source.
2020-04-28
A few years ago I had a requirement to allow both developers and customers to see rows from a table used to store error information while making sure that any PII, PCI or similar sensitive data was not displayed. The tolerance for “oops” was low! This article presents one way to solve the challenge by […]
2020-04-27
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Setting up SQL Monitor without a bit of preparation work is a bit like embarking on a road trip without first learning to drive. Phil Factor show the essential kit and route maps you need for the journey.
2020-04-27
Views in SQL Server are used to simplify writing queries and managing security, but’s it’s easy for views to eventually get out of sync with the underlying tables. In this article, Edward Pollack shows how to overcome this problem.
2020-04-27
In this article, we will see how to use the FOR XML statement in SQL Server to represent the result of queries in XML format.
2020-04-24 (first published: 2018-08-07)
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Do you get tired of having your CREATE PROCEDURE statement failing if the stored procedure already exists? If you are like me then you probably hate this as much as I do.
2020-04-24
SQL Server 2019 has introduced several new features that offer improved performance. The optimizer continues to evolve and get smarter.
2020-04-23
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