Managing SQL Server Docker containers in macOS
In the second article of this series, Carlos Robles explains how to manage Docker images and containers.
2020-02-13
Additional Articles
Azure Data Factory Multiple File Load Example - Part 2
In this two-part tip, we are created a metadata-driven pipeline which will copy multiple flat files from Azure blob storage to an Azure SQL Database. The flat files can have different delimiters and are stored in different folders and there are multiple destination tables as well.
2020-02-12
Queue table issues with Availability Groups in SQL Server
I recently came across an issue in a SQL Server Availability Group scenario where queries against a heavily-used queue table were taking longer and longer over time.
2020-02-11
The Dangers of using Float or Real Datatypes
Floating point datatypes accommodate very big numbers but sacrifice precision. They are handy for some types of scientific calculations, but are dangerous when used more widely, because they can introduce big rounding errors.
2020-02-11
Storage 101: The Language of Storage
Robert Sheldon continues his series on storage. This article covers some of the basics of performance metrics, HDDs, and SSDs.
2020-02-10
Changing SET options in a Procedure or Trigger leads to Recompilation (PE012)
Phil Factor delves into SQL Prompt's performance rule, PE012, which will advise you if it detects the use of the SET statements within a stored procedure or trigger, which might cause unnecessary recompilations, though the issue extends to other types of batches.
2020-02-07
Performance Tuning Means 3 Things
Brent Ozar discusses performance tuning and how From the outside it looks more complicated than it is, but at the end of the day, it always comes back to just 3 knobs and knowing which ones you can turn.
2020-02-07
Efficient Solutions to Gaps and Islands Challenges
Window functions are useful for solving many SQL queries. In this article, Ed Pollack demonstrates how they can be used to analyse baseball winning streaks.
2020-02-06
Updates to the Deployment Suite for Oracle
Redgate has added new capabilities to the Deployment Suite for Oracle, so it now supports automated migrations-based and state-based Oracle deployments on both Linux and Windows. They've introduced Redgate Change Control, a new capability for understanding development changes, generating migration scripts for version control, and getting precise control over the migration path during automated deployments. Our Schema Compare and Data Compare for Oracle command line tools have been extended to Linux as well as Windows, and we’ve added static code analysis that encourages teams to follow good coding practices on Windows or Linux.
2020-02-06
Custom Deployments from Source Control using SQL Compare Command line
Giorgi Abashidze explains how his team use a 2-phase deployment process with SQL Compare Command line, and some SQL Synonyms, to automate custom deployments for each of their customers, while only needing to maintain one branch per release in source control.
2020-02-05
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While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers