SQLBits 2017
SQLBits 2017 has been announced. The conference will take place on April 5-8, 2017 in Telford, UK.
2016-12-07
3,101 reads
SQLBits 2017 has been announced. The conference will take place on April 5-8, 2017 in Telford, UK.
2016-12-07
3,101 reads
Learn how to leverage Azure Active Directory when connecting to Azure SQL Database from applications or services in a non-interactive manner, by relying on token-based authentication.
2016-12-06
4,560 reads
Why is it that we use XML, but with so little enthusiasm when it does so much, and is so feature-rich? Phil Factor argues that there are better ways of doing it, more complete than JSON, but easier to read than XML. To try to convince you, he gives a set of flying demos, using PowerShell and his PSYaml module, to illustrate how YAML can let you work faster, and more accurately.
2016-12-05
3,583 reads
Can there be true separation of concerns with MVC? Not entirely, especially when Angular's templates allow you to so much flexibility; but there is a great deal to be gained from following guidelines to ensure that all business logic is performed in the code-behind as directed by the controller or its delegate, and that all operations on the model are done in the controller: Michael Sorens explains the four essential guidelines for an easily-maintained system.
2016-12-02
5,624 reads
In this post, Eli Leiba shares a script that can be used to find the oldest open transaction and the statement that was issued.
2016-12-01
3,461 reads
Putting the output of a stored procedure into a table provides you multiple options for parsing and using the output with other TSQL commands. Read on to learn more.
2016-11-30
9,898 reads
The way that you format T-SQL code can affect the productivity of the people who have to subsequently maintain your work. It is never a good experience to see SQL Code, cry out “Who the devil wrote this code?”, and then realise that it was you. Grant gives some examples of bad formatting and explains why you should never check-in badly-formatted SQL code.
2016-11-29
6,105 reads
The SQL Server Luxembourg User Group invites you to join us at our next event, in Microsoft’s new Intelligent Offices, for Tom van Zele’s SQL 2016 presentation. Tom’s road-show session highlights SQL Server 2016’s new features: End-to-end mobile BI, advanced analytics, cloud integration and lots of other new stuff will be addressed.
2016-11-28 (first published: 2016-11-23)
3,352 reads
Tim Radney of SQLskills discusses strategy and some available tools for helping migrate your databases to Azure SQL Database.
2016-11-28
2,879 reads
Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a cloud-based, scale-out database capable of processing massive volumes of data, both relational and non-relational. Built on our massively parallel processing (MPP) architecture, SQL Data Warehouse can handle your enterprise workload.
2016-11-28
249 reads
By DesertDBA
Note: This post is the invitation for T-SQL Tuesday #204 on November 3rd, 2026....
By Arun Sirpal
AgentDBA began as a command line. That suits one DBA on one server, but...
By Steve Jones
I have a few Azure subscriptions, which are fairly small and not used that...
Wa:083849450961 Kavling Commercial Foresta Lot I-1, Lengkong Kulon, Pagedangan, Kab. Tangerang, Banten, Lengkong Kulon,...
Wa:083849450961 Jl. Brigjen Sudiarto No.294, Palebon, Kec. Pedurungan, Kota Semarang, Jawa Tengah 50273
Wa:083849450961 Jl. Raya Bandungrejo No.102, Bandung, Bandungrejo, Kec. Mranggen, Kabupaten Demak, Jawa Tengah 59567
With regard to SQL Server 2025's Vector support, what is an embedding?
See possible answers