How Automating Your Tests Improves Productivity
In some shops, testing is entirely in the realm of quality analysts. In this article, Julio Sampaio argues that testing should be automated and start with the developers.
2020-06-08
Additional Articles
SQL Prompt in Azure Data Studio now in free public preview
We’re pleased to announce that the SQL Prompt extension for Azure Data Studio is now available to download for free. With SQL Prompt in Azure Data Studio, you can use an extensive collection of code snippets to write your SQL code quickly and efficiently. You can also keep your code consistent using the powerful formatting capability, and customize the applied style to suit your preferences.
2020-06-08
Migrating SQL Monitor’s Base Service to .NET Core
Josh Crang explains why SQL Monitor will be switched to run on .NET Core, and how the team tested the potential performance improvements in the monitoring service.
2020-06-05
Storage 101: Modern Storage Technologies
In this article of the series, Robert Sheldon discuses emerging trends in storage like virtual SANs, intelligent storage, computational storage and storage-class memory.
2020-06-05
Help Redgate to build the next generation of Database DevOps solutions
Help Redgate to build the next generation of Database DevOps solutions so that we can help you to deliver the next generation of your software. To get involved please complete our short 2-page survey on current development practices.
2020-06-04
How I Use Streamlabs OBS for Streaming and Training Classes
I’ve been working on my streaming setup for months now, and I’m just trying to save you some time if you really wanna take the streaming thing seriously.
2020-06-04
Automate Oracle database deployments with Redgate Change Automation
We’re excited to introduce a brand-new capability of the Deployment Suite for Oracle: Redgate Change Automation is a command line tool with built-in safety checks that lets you safely automate your Oracle database deployment. With four commands that help you build, test, prepare, and perform Oracle database releases, Redgate Change Automation can be used as part of a CI/CD pipeline.
2020-06-03
SQL Server Business Continuity – Know Your Options
SQL Server database business continuity, including high availability and disaster recovery, is not an easy topic to engineer for. The business must work with the IT teams to define service-level agreements, statistically significant scenarios to plan for, and then decide on a budget.
2020-06-03
How to Add Help to PowerShell Scripts
PowerShell scripts are the tool of choice for many admins, but how do you make them easy for others to use? In this article, Greg Moore shows how to add professional looking help to your scripts that work just like the help in cmdlets.
2020-06-02
Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis: Analysis with R
In the third article of this series, Sanil Mhatre demonstrates how to perform a sentiment analysis using R including generating a word cloud, word associations, sentiment scores, and emotion classification.
2020-06-01
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Question of the Day
Creating a JSON Document IV
I have this data in a table called dbo.NFLTeams
TeamID TeamName City YearEstablished ------ -------- ---- --------------- 1 Cowboys Dallas 1960 2 Eagles Philadelphia 1933 3 Packers Green Bay 1919 4 Chiefs Kansas City 1960 5 49ers San Francisco 1946 6 Broncos Denver 1960 7 Seahawks Seattle 1976 8 Patriots New England 1960If I run this code, how many rows are returned?
SELECT YearEstablished, json_objectagg(city : TeamName) FROM dbo.NFLTeams GROUP BY YearEstablished;See possible answers