Improving the response times of queries in SQL Server is a common task for DBAs and developers. In this article, we will talk about how you can effectively use covered indexes to improve your performance, and when you should use them.
2019-12-09
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Read on to step through the process of implementing Azure Data Factories.
2019-12-09
In this article, learn how to identify performance tuning opportunities using Extended Events.
2019-12-06 (first published: 2017-04-20)
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Giorgi Abashidze explains how his team use SQL Compare Command line to automate database deployments for their customers, without having access to the real staging or production databases, merely by using our development database contained under TFS Source Control.
2019-12-06
The choices found when provisioning storage in Azure can be overwhelming. In this article, Monica Rathbun explains the options to help your organization research which storage might be right for your solution.
2019-12-06
Sometimes there is a need to combine data from multiple tables or views into one comprehensive dataset. This may be for like tables within the same database or maybe there is a need to combine like data across databases or even across servers. I have read about the UNION and UNION ALL commands, but how do these work and how do they differ?
2019-12-05
I'm a firm believer in keeping your tech skills up to date, as well as your social skills, What better way than attending or presenting at a conference or group meeting. The reason to attend an event I'm very fortunate that my company allows me training days and time for personal development, covering all expenses […]
2019-12-03
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2019-12-03
There is a lot of information held in SQL Server metadata about your SQL Server procedures, triggers, views and functions. Some of it is valuable, other nuggets are useful and a few are rather dull but worthy. It really all needs to be tied together to tell the full story, especially if you are not able to, or do not want to, query the metadata directly.
2019-12-02
Describes how to view R plots in SSMS and gives a brief introduction to R plotting
2019-11-29 (first published: 2017-05-08)
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Thank you to everyone who participated in T-SQL Tuesday #198! When I wrote the...
Efficient query performance in Amazon Redshift often comes down to how well you manage...
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What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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