[Video] Office Hours: Professional Development & Training Questions
A lot of today’s questions from https://pollgab.com/room/brento have a common theme, but it’s just a coincidence. Listen to the answers.
2023-06-26
Articles
Cheat Sheet for SQL Server DBAs - Monitoring Current Activity, Blocking and Performance
It seems like every DBA has a USB stick or a shared drive filled with scripts they can pull up in almost any situation. How can I build such a library of T-SQL files?
2023-06-26
Call for Panelists – WIT Panel at PASS Data Community Summit, 2023
Take a moment and submit to be on the WIT panel at the PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle this November. We would like to see more women taking part in this.
2023-06-23
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How to Find the SQL Server Version
This article shows a number of ways in which you can find out the version of your instance.
2023-06-23
7,299 reads
Pipelining Configuration Information Securely to Flyway
This article demonstrates two techniques for allowing Flyway to read extra configuration information from a secure location, possibly encrypted. The first technique pipes the contents of the config file to flyway via STDIN, and the second uses PowerShell splatting. This makes it much simpler to use Flyway to manage multiple development copies of a database using role-base security.
2023-06-23
Troubleshoot SQL Server Deadlocks in Stored Procedures
Deadlocks can occur in any database system, and SQL Server is no exception. In this article, we look at the steps I used to detect and resolve deadlocks in stored procedures.
2023-06-23
How to Avoid N+1 Queries: Comprehensive Guide and Python Code Examples
This article describes the N+1 problem that we often find when developers use row by row solutions for querying related data in a database.
2023-06-21
4,771 reads
First speakers announced for Summit 2023
Your first speakers in the lineup for PASS Data Community Summit 2023 have been announced! Check out the full details for this year's Pre-Cons and Learning Pathways, and find out why some of our speakers are particularly excited for what’s in store this year.
2023-06-21
The SELECT Statement in Oracle
The SELECT statement is used to retrieve information from a database. Following the execution of a SELECT statement, a tabular result is held in a result table (called a result set). It allows you to select the table columns depending on a set of criteria. In this article, I will introduce the basic SELECT statement fetching data from just one table.
2023-06-21
Advantages of Kappa architecture in the Modern Data Stack
A comparison of the lambda and kappa architectures for real time ingestion and analysis of big data.
2023-06-19
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Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
How to change the FDLaunch Error log file location
The file FDLAUNCHERRORLOG gets created in the default <instance>\MSSQL\Log folder. So far, I've found...
what data type i should use for roversion col and can i use less than greater
can i use Rowversioncol ( in my database it's synonyme timestamp is used) to...
Question of the Day
A Fun Computer Quote
Which movie featured this quote?
"All programs have a desire to be useful."Happy April Fools! See possible answers