Implementing John Conway's Game of Life in Microsoft SQL Server
A fun exercise, using CTEs to implement John Conway's Game of Life cellular automata simulation
2018-02-19 (first published: 2015-09-22)
6,628 reads
Articles
Questions about Data Governance that You Were Too Shy to Ask
A company’s data is one of its most valuable and important resources. Managing and protecting that data are big responsibilities, and a data governance processes must be put into place to avoid misuse and to meet regulations. In this article, William Brewer answers questions you may have about data governance but were too shy to ask.
2018-02-19
4,962 reads
Autogenerating SSIS file import packages using Biml
Tired of building tons of similar SSIS packages for importing files into your data warehouse? Learn how to autogenerate them using Biml.
2018-02-16 (first published: 2015-09-10)
7,402 reads
Azure DWH part 26: Creating your ASDW in Cloud Shell using PowerShell
In this article, we will show how to create an ASDW in PowerShell using the Cloud Shell.
2018-02-15
381 reads
When Does Index Size Change Index Choice?
Erik purposely fragments indexes trying to slow down queries.
2018-02-15
3,508 reads
Calculating DTU's for Azure SQL Database
This calculator will help you determine the number of DTUs for your existing SQL Server database(s) as well as a recommendation of the minimum performance level and service tier that you need before you migrate to Azure SQL Database.
2018-02-14
4,757 reads
SQL Server Machine Learning Services – Part 4: Finding Data Anomalies with Python
Python is widely used to analyze data. One such use is to find anomalies or outliers. In this article, Robert Sheldon demonstrates how to create a support vector machine (SVM) to score test data so that outliers can be viewed on a scatter plot.
2018-02-14
3,434 reads
Restore a Database with CDC Enabled
In this post, I’m going to talk about an issue that I found while restoring a backup of CDC enabled database to different SQL instance. You may receive below warning message that includes information about the cause of the warning, which can help you to resolve the issue.
2018-02-13
7,441 reads
Updating an expired SQL Server TDE certificate
Simon Liew explains how to generate a new TDE certificate to replace the previous, and also looks at the steps needed if the database is in an Availability Group.
2018-02-13
2,865 reads
A Simple Introduction to Dynamic SQL
Dynamic SQL is essentially normal SQL written in such a way that you end up with a “customised” SQL script at run-time.
2018-02-12
4,161 reads
Blogs
Programmatically Retrieving MLV Lineage and Refresh Times
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