Balancing Performance and Readability
Developers need to consider not only system performance when writing code, but also how readability impacts code maintenance.
2018-03-20
1,406 reads
Articles
Different Ways to Import JSON Files into SQL Server
Nat Sundar explains the different ways to load JSON data into SQL Server, along the way also covering the use OpenRowset and OpenJSON functions to manage JSON data effectively.
2018-03-20
4,130 reads
Set-Based String Splitting table function
Describe and provide a set-based method that takes a multiple character split term and returns as a table
2018-03-19
3,313 reads
What is the State of My Transparent Data Encrypted Database?
When using Transparent Data Encryption, you might wonder “What is the state of my transparent data encrypted database?” Read on to learn the many different states that a transparent data encrypted database might go through.
2018-03-19
2,510 reads
TEMPDB Enhancements in SQL Server 2016
TEMPDB Enhancements in SQL Server 2016 - By default enforced to follow best practices.
2018-03-16 (first published: 2016-04-13)
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Data Encryption Using Always Encrypted in SQL Server
The key challenge for application developers is to build a foolproof system to ensure data security. This is not only more intense, but more complex these days, as many organizations are planning to move their applications to the cloud. Read on to learn more.
2018-03-16
3,579 reads
SharePoint Disaster Recovery Plan
Hot standby disaster recovery process where SharePoint farm will become available in minutes
2018-03-15
4,326 reads
SQL Server Machine Learning Services – Part 6: Merging Data Frames in Python
In the final article in this series, Robert Sheldon demonstrates combining data sources with multiple formats into one Python data frame.
2018-03-15
3,337 reads
SET IMPLICIT_TRANSACTIONS ON Is One Hell of a Bad Idea
By default, when you run a query in SQL Server, your delete/update/insert (DUI) is finished as soon as your query finishes. That’s because the default behavior of SQL Server is IMPLICIT_TRANSACTIONS OFF – meaning, SQL Server doesn’t hold your queries open waiting for a COMMIT or ROLLBACK.
2018-03-14
3,761 reads
AI in Industries
It is important to showcase how Artificial Intelligence is being used in various fields and industries with some facts
2018-03-13
500 reads
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Question of the Day
The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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