The BI Journey: The Journey Begins
Gogula Aryalingam continues telling the story of the BI solution created by a business analyst intern. In this article, after the initial success, plans are made to sustain and grow the project.
2019-06-24
Additional Articles
What’s Better, CTEs or Temp Tables?
Brent get's asked this question a lot, so here he has set up an example with the Stack Overflow database. His query’s goal is to find the top 5 Locations, and list the users who live in those top 5 Locations, alphabetized by their DisplayName.
2019-06-21
Creating Your First SQL Server Docker Container in macOS
The use of macOS by developers and IT professionals has gained popularity the past few years. Running a sandboxed SQL Server, however, has been difficult. That changed when Microsoft made SQL Server images on Docker available. In this article, Carlos Robles explains how to get started with Docker when running macOS.
2019-06-20
SandDance in Azure Data Studio
In this tip we look at how to use SandDance a powerful data visualization tool that is an extension to Azure Data Studio.
2019-06-19
Resolving could not open a connection to SQL Server errors
Sometimes you may have issues connecting to SQL Server and you may get messages such as could not open a connection to SQL Server. In this tip we look at different things you can check to resolve this issue.
2019-06-18
SQL For Cosmos DB – Handling Complex JSON Structures
The JSON documents that are part of Cosmos DB document collections can be complex with arrays and nesting. In this article, Adam Aspin shows you how to query them with SQL.
2019-06-17
Reporting Services Basics: Creating Your First Report
In this article, Kathi Kellenberger demonstrates how to create a project and report using the SSRS Report Wizard. The wizard is fine for getting started, but you’ll soon learn about its many limitations. She also explains how reports fit in projects and solutions.
2019-06-14
How to Copy a Table in SQL Server to Another Database
Learn about options to copy a table from one SQL Server database to another including Linked Servers, PowerShell, Integration Services, backup and restore along with the associated performance metrics and completion time.
2019-06-13
SQL Server Common Table Expression vs Temp Table
In this tip we look at how to use Common Table Expressions CTE in SQL Server including the syntax, use cases, using more than 1 CTE at the same time and recursive CTEs with a parameter.
2019-06-12
Why DBAs Must Embrace DevOps
A good day for a database administrator (DBA) is a lot like a good airline flight. A lot of excitement in either situation is bad. In a perfect world, a DBA will be productive and not spending most of their time “putting out fires.” (And fires are never a good idea on a flight!)
2019-06-10
Blogs
Blog a Day – Day 1: History of AI
By Vinay Thakur
it has been a year since i have not written much on the blog...
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
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Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
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