Containers for enhanced Data Governance and Compliance
Complex data environments sometimes need new techniques to properly manage the information. See how Windocks can help with containers and SQL Server.
2017-07-25
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Articles
The Basics of Good T-SQL Coding Style – Part 2: Defining Database Objects
Technical debt is a real problem in database development, where corners have been cut in the rush to keep to dates. The result may work but the problems are in the details: such things as inconsistent naming of objects, or of defining columns; sloppy use of data types, archaic syntax or obsolete system functions. With databases, technical debt is even harder to pay back. Robert Sheldon explains how and why you can get it right first time instead.
2017-07-25
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The Case of the Space at the End
A gripping expose into the deep, dark world of ANSI_PADDING! What could be more exciting?
2017-07-24
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Testing DML Statements for In-Memory OLTP
Erin Stellato takes a thorough look at the way DML statements might benefit from In-Memory OLTP, especially with natively compiled stored procedures.
2017-07-24
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SQL Server User-Defined Functions
User-Defined Functions (UDFs) are an essential part of the database developers' armoury. They are extraordinarily versatile, but just because you can even use scalar UDFs in WHERE clauses, computed columns and check constraints doesn't mean that you should. Multi-statement UDFs come at a cost and it is good to understand all the restrictions and potential drawbacks. Phil Factor gives an overview of User-defined functions: their virtues, vices and their syntax.
2017-07-21
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Resolve Network Binding Order Warning in failover cluster
In this article, I’m going to show a procedure to resolve an issue that I found while running cluster validation report. you may receive below warning message that includes information about the cause of the warning, which can help you to resolve the issue.
2017-07-20
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Find Database Connection Leaks in Your Application
Michael Swart shows how to investigate and fix database connection leaks, an application issue that can lead to connection timeouts.
2017-07-20
4,604 reads
7 Things Every SQL Server DBA Should Know About Linux
In this tip John Grover will help you make the transition to SQL Server on Linux by explaining the things you need to know.
2017-07-19
4,274 reads
Configuring Backups Using Veritas Netbackup with AGs
A short description of our experience with Veritas Netbackup on MS SQL Server AG Groups. This article does not give a full description of the procedure for configuring netbackup but highlights a few pitfalls which we think some people will find very useful.
2017-07-18
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Simple SQL: Attribute Splitting
If the design of a relational database is wrong, no amount of clever DML SQL will make it work well. Dr. Codd’s Information Principle is that you have, inside the entity tables, the columns that model the attributes of that entity. The columns contain scalar values. Tables that model relationships can have attributes, but they must have references to entities in the schema. You split those attributes at your peril. Joe Celko explains the basics.
2017-07-18
3,822 reads
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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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