Python is a versatile language that is gaining more popularity as it is used for data analysis and data science. In this article, Rick Dobson demonstrates how to download stock market data and store it into CSV files for later import into a database system.
2018-01-31
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Tara Kizer talks identifying THREADPOOL waits and what you can do about them.
2018-01-30
3,043 reads
One of the advantages of running Python from SQL Server is the ability to create graphics to assist in analysis of data. Robert Sheldon demonstrates matplotlib, a 2D plotting library, widely used with Python to create quality charts.
2018-01-29
3,463 reads
In this free ebook Kalen Delaney introduces and explains how the 2016 In-Memory OLTP engine works. The Hekaton internals knowledge offered in this book will help you migrate existing tables or databases to Hekaton, and get faster performance from your SQL Server applications than you ever thought possible.
2018-01-09
5,525 reads
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be in effect in May of 2018. Data masking is one technique that can help your organization comply with this and other regulations. William Brewer answers those questions about data masking that you were too shy to ask.
2018-01-05
3,734 reads
Python is a very popular language used for many purposes including machine learning. SQL Server 2017 supports Python with its Machine Learning Services component. Robert Sheldon explains how to get started using Python in SQL Server in the first article of this series.
2018-01-04
5,906 reads
Not having instant file initialization turned on slows down the process of adding pages to your database, because prior to allocating the data pages to your database, SQL Server needs to zero out the newly allocated pages.
2018-01-03
3,515 reads
Jeffrey Yao explains how to generate backups based on the amount of data that has changed for differential and transaction log backups.
2018-01-02
3,457 reads
Erik writes a script to do what it says on the tin.
2018-01-01
4,692 reads
Can you imagine it? You are in a group of smart database people, and they are debating the finer points about AWS DMS, and you don't even know what the letters stand for. You just feel too shy to ask those basic questions that seem ridiculous once you're up to speed. Laerte Junior answers all the questions you need answers for when facing the prospect of getting familiar with Amazon's useful Database Migration Service.
2017-12-29
5,408 reads
By Brian Kelley
On Patch Tuesday, in addition to OS and Office security patches, Microsoft also released...
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
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