Enforce SSL for connecting to AWS RDS Instance of SQL Server
Learn how to force all SQL Server connections to an AWS RDS instance to use SSL encrypted connections.
2019-04-02
Additional Articles
Converting a History Table into a System-Versioned Temporal Table
Temporal tables were introduced with SQL Server 2016. To take advantage of this feature, you might start fresh with a brand new table. It is possible, however, to convert an existing table with accumulated history to the new functionality. In this article, Mala Mahadevan explains how to create temporal tables for both scenarios.
2019-04-01
Are nulls stored in a nonclustered index?
When you index a nullable field, are the rows with nulls stored in the index? It’s easy enough to find out by creating a table with a nullable field, and then creating an index on it.
2019-03-29
Breaking the 4th Wall with Unity
Even when creating games, your code has access to environment variables and document files. In this article, Lance Talbert shows how to access files to convince the player that maybe the game knows more than it should.
2019-03-28
Create Azure Data Lake Linked Service Using Azure Data Factory
In this article we walk through a step-by-step example on how to create an Azure Data Lake Linked Service in Azure Data Factory v2.
2019-03-27
Creating CRUD Stored Procedures in SQL
Back to the basics: learn how to Create, Read, Update and Delete operations are pivotal for any database application. Plus, you’ll see how to use Stored Procedures to manipulate data on the database side instead of on the application side.
2019-03-26
Introduction to SQL for Cosmos DB
This article by Adam Aspin reviews the Azure Cosmos DB SQL API from the perspective of the relational database developer. More specifically it will show you how to leverage your Structured Query Language skills to exploit the core possibilities of Cosmos DB as a NoSQL document database.
2019-03-25
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Can deleting rows make a table…bigger?
Michael J. Swart posted an interesting question: he had a large table with 7.5 billion rows and 5 indexes. When he deleted 10 million rows, he noticed that the indexes were getting larger, not smaller.
2019-03-22
2,752 reads
SQL Server Reporting Services Lookup, LookupSet and MultiLookup Functions
I noticed the Lookup function in SQL Server Reporting Services. In this tip we look at all three SSRS lookup functions: Lookup, LookupSet and MultiLookup.
2019-03-22
2,097 reads
Resumable Online Index Create and Rebuild Operations
Index maintenance can be a real headache for database administrators as tables grow larger and maintenance windows shrink. In this article, Greg Larsen demonstrates resumable index operations available with SQL Server 2017 and 2019. This feature helps DBAs work around those small maintenance windows by allowing certain index operations to be paused and restarted again later.
2019-03-21
1,738 reads
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What's the Date?
In SQL Server 2025, there is a new function that returns the current date without the time. What is it?
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