SQLBits 2017
SQLBits 2017 has been announced. The conference will take place on April 5-8, 2017 in Telford, UK.
2016-12-07
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Articles
Non-Numeric Measures in DAX
Enhance the functionality of your SSAS Tabular and PowerBI output, by understanding HOW-, WHY- and WHEN to leverage the power of DAX to create text, date or Boolean measures.
2016-12-06
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Azure SQL Database - Authenticating Application Access by Using Azure AD Tokens
Learn how to leverage Azure Active Directory when connecting to Azure SQL Database from applications or services in a non-interactive manner, by relying on token-based authentication.
2016-12-06
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2016-12-05
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Representing Hierarchical Data for Mere Mortals
Why is it that we use XML, but with so little enthusiasm when it does so much, and is so feature-rich? Phil Factor argues that there are better ways of doing it, more complete than JSON, but easier to read than XML. To try to convince you, he gives a set of flying demos, using PowerShell and his PSYaml module, to illustrate how YAML can let you work faster, and more accurately.
2016-12-05
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Hadoop For SQL Folks: Architecture, MapReduce and Powering IoT
As the de-facto big data processing and analytics engine, the Hadoop ecosystem is also leading the way in powering Internet of Things (IOT)
2016-12-02 (first published: 2015-08-06)
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4 Keys to a Clean Angular Implementation
Can there be true separation of concerns with MVC? Not entirely, especially when Angular's templates allow you to so much flexibility; but there is a great deal to be gained from following guidelines to ensure that all business logic is performed in the code-behind as directed by the controller or its delegate, and that all operations on the model are done in the controller: Michael Sorens explains the four essential guidelines for an easily-maintained system.
2016-12-02
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How to download a file from internet using SSIS
In this example, we will show how to download a file from internet using SSIS.
2016-12-01
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Script to find oldest open SQL Server transaction
In this post, Eli Leiba shares a script that can be used to find the oldest open transaction and the statement that was issued.
2016-12-01
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SQL Server 2016: The New @OneResultSet Parameter in SP_SpaceUsed
EXEC SP_SPACEUSED can return only one result set if you want it to. This is possible using a new parameter in SQL Server 2016. If are familiar with the inbuilt stored procedure sp_spaceused, I am sure you will find this new parameter quite useful.
2016-11-30
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Blogs
SQL Server Security – TDE Encryption
By Vinay Thakur
Transparent Data Encryption(TDE): TDE was initially introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition; this...
A Las Vegas Break
By Steve Jones
Only a little break for me. I’m actually heading to Las Vegas today for ...
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
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Identities and Sequences III
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Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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