I created this article to demonstrate the use of derived columns inside a ForEachLoop Container for a client requirement for some auxiliary marketing reports. I found the Data Conversion tool useful to escape the problem of mismatched data types, which is an issue with versions of Microsoft SSIS.
2018-02-06
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Blocking in SQL Server is normal behavior, but excessive blocking can lead to many complaints and is a symptom of poor performance. SQL Server contains a vast amount of information that can help when troubleshooting performance issues like blocking, but understanding and gathering that information when you need it is a lot of work. Darko Martinovic explains his solution for a custom blocking report.
2018-02-06
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The advantage of Setting the readable secondary as Read-Intent Only will allow the secondary server to serve the read-only workload only if the connection string of the application contains Application Intent=Readonly parameter.
2018-02-05
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In this tip, Manvendra Singh will cover how to add another database to an existing Always On Availability Group.
2018-02-05
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It's 15 years after the beginning of the century. Time to eliminate the security exposure of SQL logins, and implement integrated security. Active Directory Groups make this easy for the DBA.
2018-02-02 (first published: 2015-12-21)
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In this tip, Edwin Sarmiento looks at how to create the Always On Availability Group with a listener name when using SQL Server on Linux.
2018-02-02
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Python is a versatile language that is gaining more popularity as it is used for data analysis and data science. In this article, Rick Dobson demonstrates how to download stock market data and store it into CSV files for later import into a database system.
2018-01-31
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In this new article, we will show how to audit the Data Warehouse Activities.
2018-01-30
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Tara Kizer talks identifying THREADPOOL waits and what you can do about them.
2018-01-30
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Everyone needs to learn about these hardware bugs and apply patches as soon as possible.
2018-01-29 (first published: 2018-01-05)
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If you've ever loaded a 2 GB CSV into pandas just to run a...
By James Serra
What problem is Fabric Ontology trying to solve? For years, most data conversations have...
By Steve Jones
Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A...
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When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?
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