This article isn’t about the act of lock escalation itself, which is already well documented and generally well understood. Some myths (like row locks escalating to page locks) persist, but challenging those yet again probably wouldn’t change much.
2022-09-19
Learn how you can bulk set passwords using PowerShell for all your instances.
2022-09-16 (first published: 2022-08-17)
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If your database application requires 'static data' to function, then the best way to manage that data is using a view based on a derived table. This article demonstrates ways to create these views, depending on your RDBMS's capabilities, and how to build and manage them in development work, using Flyway and PowerShell.
2022-09-16
In this article, we look at several different examples of how to use the SQL WHERE clause to narrow down searches for data in a SQL Server table.
2022-09-16
In Unix, a timestamp is a whole number that represents a date and time. Learn how we can convert those correctly in SQL Server.
2022-09-14
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Learn how to create SQL Server database tables, foreign keys, and create data to begin building a database to support application development.
2022-09-14
There and pros and cons to building a monitoring system versus purchasing one: in other words, the ROI of build vs. buy. In this blog post, Grant Fritchey discusses when you should build, and when you should buy.
2022-09-14
This article continues looking at python code in Power BI to produce charts.
2022-09-12
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Learn how to use the system function, FILEPROPERTY(), to get information about your database in T-SQL.
2022-09-09
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This article covers how to create multi-chart visualizations in Excel using data from SQL Server.
2022-09-09
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Today’s coping tip is to write down three things you appreciate about yourself. I...
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