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A Skills Roadmap for DBAs in the Cloud Era

Cloud computing is on the move. Slowly but surely, businesses are transitioning more and more key pieces of infrastructure to the cloud in order to take advantage of cost, flexibility and agility benefits. And databases, the heart and soul of all applications, are the most critical component of this transition. Gerardo Dada explores the topic.

2015-11-02

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Top 10 Most Common Database Scripts

What are the scripts that a working DBA uses so often that they become part of the 'muscle memory'? Grant Fritchey asked the question on the forums of SQL Server Central. From the large response, Grant was able to pick out the ten most popular T-SQL commands, scripts, or fragments. It seems as if, despite the range of tasks we do, there are some common tools we use.

2015-10-29

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Using Power BI in a Hybrid Environment

This paper describes best practices for security, networking, and component architecture for building a hybrid business intelligence (BI) environment by using a combination of Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Azure, and on-premises data sources. Many organizations are taking advantage of the benefits of cloud computing such as lower capital expenditures and increased agility, while still maintaining data in on-premises data stores.

2015-10-28

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The Complete Guide to PowerShell Punctuation

It is the punctuation, the strange dollar signs, brackets and parentheses that bewilder anyone learning PowerShell. Add to that the aliases and you can bewilder everyone. The punctuation is essential, so here is the the complete PowerShell wallchart and guide to Powershell Punctuation. Thanks to Michael Sorens, PowerShell need no longer be perplexing.

2015-10-26

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A Simple Formula to Calculate the ISO Week Number

He admits it wasn't his idea but his head sure wishes it was. SQL Server MVP Jeff Moden explains a wonderful, super simple, very high performance formula that will calculate ISO Week Numbers. If you're "stuck" with SQL Server 2005 or less, you're going to like this a whole lot!

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2015-10-23 (first published: )

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Dependencies and References in SQL Server

It is important for developers and DBAs to be able to determine the interdependencies of any database object. Perhaps you need to work out what process is accessing that view you want to alter, or maybe find out whether that table-type you wish to change is being used. What are all these dependencies? How do you work out which are relevant? Phil Factor explains.

2015-10-23

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The Oracle PL/SQL Results Cache

Oracle offers a results cache in the database (from 11.2 onwards) and in PL/SQL (again, from 11.2 onwards) which can greatly reduce execution time of repeated statements when insert/update/delete activity is not heavy. The mechanism in PL/SQL, however, may not work as expected with global temporary tables. Using a slightly modified example, Jonathan Lewis looks at what you might see when using this option.

2015-10-22

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