The Graph Database feature, new with SQL Server 2017, can be used to represent hierarchies. In this article of the series, Robert Sheldon demonstrates how to represent hierarchies in data with complex relationships.
2018-05-14
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What I thought was a strange filtered index problem but turned out to be a DB settings problem
2018-05-11 (first published: 2015-08-26)
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Azure virtual machines are created for many reasons, even just to have an environment to quickly test something out. In this article, Robert Cain demonstrates the first few steps in automating the process with PowerShell. He shows how to gather information needed and set up a resource group, storage and networking needed for the VM.
2018-05-11
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2018-05-10
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In this post, Pinakin Patel looks at the preliminary steps you need to peform to build an instance in AWS to run SQL Server on Red Hat Linux.
2018-05-10
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Microsoft HDInsight is the cloud service that deploys and provisions Hadoop clusters on the Azure cloud. It's a completely managed, open source analytics service to support enterprise needs and supports a wide variety of scenarios with the help of open source frameworks like Hadoop, Storm, Spark, R Server and Hive.
2018-05-09
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With SQL Server 2017, Microsoft announced the exciting news that SQL Server would now run in Docker containers. Laerte Junior provides a guide to get started creating SQL Server instances in Docker.
2018-05-08
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2018-05-07
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You lost your car in a big parking lot. Erik Darling explains how this is just like an index scan.
2018-05-07
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Learn where to get the latest installation and learning resources for the ever-evolving components of Hadoop ecosystem and how those components may complement Microsoft SQL Server common everyday tasks.
2018-05-04 (first published: 2015-10-01)
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Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
Hi we're a bit behind on versioning ssrs. I think we have over 1600...
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
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I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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