Describing the two main use cases for occasional "cherry picking" of Flyway database migration scripts: back-filling emergency production hotfixes to version control and managing parallel development streams.
2021-04-05
In this article we look at how you can user the Kusto Query Language (KQL) for querying Azure SQL Database audit data.
2021-04-05
During development you need a fast, automated way to build multiple copies of a database on any development or test server, with each database at the right version. This article provides a PowerShell automation script for Flyway that will do the job.
2021-04-02
In this article we explore four simple time series forecasting methods using R: the Mean Method, the Naive Method, the Seasonal Naive method and the Simple Moving Average Method.
2021-04-02
In this article we discuss deploying SQL Server containers / images using Azure Kubernetes Cluster.
2021-04-01
How to send Flyway logging and error output to JSON and consume it in PowerShell to produce ad-hoc database migrations reports, including any errors that occurred, the version of the database, runtimes for each migration script and more.
2021-04-01
In this article, Joe Celko explains interpolation and covers a bit about the history and what we all did before computers.
2021-03-31
You need a fast, general-purpose way to save the results of a query or batch or procedure into any sort of worktable, such as a temporary table or a table variable or table valued parameter. A simple SELECT…INTO isn't versatile enough for these requirements, and the alternative ways to handcraft the list of columns are slow and error prone. Phil Factor shows how to create a 'table-build generator' that will do all this, and save you a lot of time, especially if you use a lot of working tables in your code.
2021-03-30
Learn how to manage and troubleshoot Kerberos authentication for SQL Server using the Kerberos Configuration Manager.
2021-03-30
Learn how to configure and use SQL Server Management Studio to do run the same query against many different SQL Servers and consolidate the results.
2021-03-29
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