Working with MySQL Views
Views in MySQL allow you to save a predefined SQL query. Robert Sheldon explains the benefits of views and how to create and query them.
2022-04-04
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Exploring New SQL Prompt Features in SQL Toolbelt and SQL Toolbelt Essentials
Roseanna Whitelegg explores new SQL Prompt functionality that has been added to SQL Toolbelt and SQL Toolbelt Essentials to help teams increase their productivity, improve code quality, and make collaboration easier.
2022-04-01
SQL Server and Oracle Create Table Comparison
In this article we look at a comparison of different things you can specify when creating tables in SQL Server and in Oracle.
2022-04-01
Data Types in PostgreSQL: Learning PostgreSQL with Grant
PostgreSQL has an unusually large number of data types. Grant Fritchey reviews each data type and discusses the good and bad points of each.
2022-03-30
Summit 2022 Call for Speakers Closes Soon
Time is running out to submit your abstract for our hybrid PASS Data Community Summit 2022 conference! If you're an expert in a data-related topic that you think would be perfect for the Summit 2022 program, we want to hear from you. Whether you're planning to attend in-person or online, all session submissions and speakers will be considered for this year's event. Don't miss your chance to speak at the leading conference for data platform pros, submit your proposal before March 31.
2022-03-30
Choosing Snowflake vs SQL Server for a Data Warehouse
In this article we take a high level view of choosing to use Snowflake in the cloud versus SQL Server on-premises and some things to consider.
2022-03-28
DevOps 101: Getting buy-in across your organization
Implementing DevOps isn’t just a matter of being great at writing code. The key to successful DevOps implementation is gaining buy in across your organization. Join Grant Fritchey live for his tips on how to achieve this.
2022-03-28
The problem with averages
Everyone learns to calculate an average in school, but, as Joe Celko shows, there are better ways to summarize data.
2022-03-25
Why you don’t just buy tools to make DevOps happen
Matt Gordan is next in the hot seat. We discuss how Matt keeps the lights on while overseeing many data related projects and how his team know the more they are plugged into projects, the better support the can offer.
2022-03-25
How to get DevOps buy-in across your organization
In our latest DevOps 101 Series live webinar Grant Fritchey discusses why the key to successful DevOps implementation is gaining buy-in, and how you can achieve this in your organization.
2022-03-23
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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