FORMAT() is nice and all, but…
Aaron Bertrand compares multiple date formatting techniques, demonstrating again that SQL Server's FORMAT() is not worth the convenience.
2015-07-10
5,834 reads
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In-Memory OLTP – Common Workload Patterns and Migration Considerations
In-Memory OLTP is a high performance, memory-optimized engine integrated into SQL Server 2014 and designed for modern hardware trends. In-Memory OLTP allows users to move data into memory resident tables while keeping other data in traditional, disk-based table structures.
2015-07-09
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The Poster of the Plethora of PowerShell Pitfalls
One of the downsides of learning a new computer language is that transfer of training doesn't always work to your advantage. In fact, the habits you picked up in the past may now cause confusion. In this poster or wall-chart for long walls, Michael Sorens selects the thirty-six most common causes of confusion for anyone getting to grips with PowerShell.
2015-07-08
4,984 reads
Temporarily Change SQL Server Log Shipping Database to Read Only
I want to temporarily use a Log Shipped secondary database for Read Only operations, but Log Shipping was not configured for read only operations. I don't want to reconfigure Log Shipping, so is there a way to do this without redoing Log Shipping.
2015-07-07
3,197 reads
Getting to know your customers better – cohort analysis and RFM segmentation in R
It often pays to use a tool like R, in conjunction with a relational database, to quickly perform a range of analyses, and graphs, in order to ensure that you're answering the right question, to explore alternative hypotheses, or to provide insight into a problem. Feodor demonstrates how to quickly, and interactively, explore the ways that customers purchase goods and services using cohort analysis.
2015-07-06
2,364 reads
How to Fix a Corrupt MSDB SQL Server Database
Keep reading and you will see that there is another way to rebuild the msdb database without compromising the master database.
2015-07-02
4,724 reads
Survey: Development and Test Databases
Unless development happens directly on the production database, every organization will manage one or more development and test instances. Redgate is doing research to learn how development and test databases are managed within organizations. If you’d like to know more about our plans, or are happy to help us understand the problem, please take part in this 3-page survey.
2015-07-01 (first published: 2015-06-26)
4,682 reads
Grant User Access to All SQL Server Databases
Consider a situation when you have a large number of databases on your SQL Server, and you are requested to grant user access to all SQL Server databases. How can you grant access to a user for all databases on a SQL Server instance?
2015-06-30
5,795 reads
Free Webinar: Can you Automate your Ops Away?
Automation - done right - frees you to add real value to your team, but you've got to be careful not to shoot yourself in the foot. Join Brian A. Randell, Grant Fritchey and Steve Jones as they discuss how to get started when automating your database operations, and what activities are ripe for automation!
2015-06-29 (first published: 2015-06-26)
4,173 reads
Getting Started with Power BI Designer
The Power BI Designer was recently added under the Microsoft Power BI umbrella. Power BI Designer quickly builds reports or dashboards locally and deploys them to the Power BI site. In this article, Arshad Ali demonstrates how to get started with Power BI Designer.
2015-06-26
4,360 reads
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