SQL Cop and SQLServerCentral
Steve Jones runs the SQL Cop tests against the SQLServerCentral database and looks at the results.
2015-03-23
5,469 reads
Articles
SQL Server Reporting Services Bookmarks and Document Maps
What are the SQL Server Reporting Services Document Map and Bookmark properties? How can they be used? Do they work for all rendering formats? Scott Murry answers these questions and more.
2015-03-23
8,334 reads
Azure Blob Storage Part 8: Blob Leases
In this article, Robin Shahan explains what Blob Leases are and how to use them, including code samples for calling the different methods available for managing Blob Leases.
2015-03-20
7,310 reads
Mail Fails with SQLCMD Error
I had a SQL Server job that kept failing with sqlcmd error and this describes how I resolved it.
2015-03-19
10,298 reads
How to get Database Design Horribly Wrong
Database Design is one of those tasks where you have to carefully get all the major aspects right. If you mess-up just one of these, it can all go horribly wrong. So what are these aspects that can ruin database design, and how can you get them right? Robert Sheldon explains.
2015-03-19
17,062 reads
SQL Saturday #364 - Boston, MA
SQL Saturday is coming to Boston on April 18th 2015. Join us for a free day of SQL Server training and networking, and listen to great speakers like Grant Fritchey, Brent Ozar, and Andy Leonard. Register while space is available.
2015-03-19
7,512 reads
Using the ROLLUP, CUBE, and GROUPING SETS Operators
Greg Larsen discusses the ROLLUP, CUBE and GROUPING SETS operators. These operators are used with the GROUP BY clause and allow you to create subtotals, grand totals and superset of subtotals. Read on to find out more about these additional GROUP BY operators.
2015-03-18
11,340 reads
What is Behaviour Driven (Database) Development?
Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) is not always clearly understood, and the term is particularly unfamiliar in database circles. Seb Rose introduces us to the fundamentals of BDD, and make some suggestions for how it might be relevant to database development.
2015-03-17
8,807 reads
Converting to data-driven code
How converting extensive, repetitive code to a data-driven approach resolved a maintenance headache and helped identify bugs
2015-03-16
6,688 reads
Calculate the Statistical Mode in SQL Server using T-SQL
Next to the average and the median, there is another statistical value that you can calculate over a set: the mode. This is the value that appears the most often in the set. The average and the median are straight forward to calculate with T-SQL in SQL Server, but how can we determine the mode using T-SQL?
2015-03-16
6,205 reads
Blogs
Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
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Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate with MCP
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Hyperscale Replicas I
What types of secondary replicas are available for the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale edition?
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