Batch Mode For Row Store: What Does It Help With?
Considering SQL Server 2019? Erik tells you what kinds of queries will get the biggest performance improvements.
2018-11-16
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Articles
T-SQL Decommenter Part II
Demonstration of the T-SQL Decommenter removing comments from a sample T-SQL batch.
2018-11-15
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SOX and Database Administration – Part 3
Database administrators are typically responsible for the security and availability of financial data. In this article, Robert Sheldon discusses SOX, passed in 2002, that governs financial data of publicly traded companies in the US.
2018-11-15
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CosmosDB Change Feed Processing
This article was created to help readers understand CosmosDB change feed processing.
2018-11-13
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Overview of In-Memory Technologies of Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database offers a straightforward approach to controlling its performance through vertical scaling. Despite its simplicity, scaling up has obvious pricing implications and, while it is an online operation, it might result in rollback of in-flight transactions. If you are looking for a supplemental approach to enhancing performance, then you might want to consider implementing in-memory technologies which are part of the Azure SQL Database feature set.
2018-11-13
2,109 reads
Linear barcodes in SSRS using the Barcode Image Generation Library
The open source Barcode Image Generation Library enables insertion of twenty-seven different types of linear barcode symbols into SSRS reports without the use of barcode fonts.
2018-11-12
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Testing PowerShell Modules with Pester
In the third article of this series on testing PowerShell code with Pester, Robert Cain demonstrates how to test the functions in a PowerShell module.
2018-11-12
2,113 reads
Unused Indexes - Are they really unused or have they just not been used YET?
Tara explains when index DMVs gets reset by telling a story from her dark past.
2018-11-09
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2018-11-08
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Azure EA Financial Reporting and Granular Access to Data Through the Enterprise
With the billing data from your Azure Enterprise Agreement collected into one database, it is still necessary to break down the costs and provide access to the correct departments and individuals. This is important for chargeback and further analysis. In this article, Feodor Georgiev demonstrates how to provide granular access to the billing data.
2018-11-08
2,241 reads
Blogs
Introducing azsql-migration-test: Test and Validate Azure SQL Database Migrations
Introducing azsql-migration-test, a small open-source CLI that validates your Azure SQL Database migrations against...
Rambling about Data on Wheels – origins, branding, expansion
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I have been asked many times about how the name “Data on Wheels” came...
Think Twice Before Enabling Fabric’s Inbound Network Protection
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DBCC CHECKDB Limits III
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