Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud
Microsoft and Oracle recently announced a joint cloud partnership (I have seen the word multi/cross-cloud to explain this) which I found very fascinating to read. It is currently in...
2019-08-07
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Arun Sirpal
Azure SQL Database Clustered Columnstore Index
You can read about columnstore indexes here (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/transforming-your-data-in-azure-sql-database-to-columnstore-format/). I won’t rehash the material but high level, these index types are optimized for analytical queries and high compression of data...
2019-08-06
158 reads
SQL Server Management Studio
Hopefully you know that SSMS is a separate install from the main SQL Server install. You can find the binaries from Microsoft (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms) Using SSMS version 18.2, whilst playing...
2019-08-01
85 reads
SQL server and Java?
I was generally reading about SQL Server and how things have changed since the days of just having it within a Windows Eco-system only. It then led me to...
2019-07-29
84 reads
Azure SQL Database Connect and Query
There is a lightweight and quick way to start querying your database in Azure which doesn’t involve SQL Operations Studio or Management Studio. You can use the query editor...
2019-07-25
17 reads
Moving Databases into Azure SQL Elastic Pools
Quite a simple requirement (when I needed it a few months ago). Study my Azure SQL database environment below. As you can see I have a standard elastic pool...
2019-07-22
31 reads
Azure SQL Database SLA Updates
I am sure many missed the updates to Azure SQL Database SLA (Service Level Agreement). It used to be 99.99% across all tiers but split between two different high-availability...
2019-07-19
210 reads
Connecting - Level 4 of the Stairway to Azure SQL Database
Learn how to configure connectivity and firewall rules for your Azure SQL Database
2019-07-17 (first published: 2018-09-26)
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SQL Server 2019 Query Store And SSMS
While not specific to SQL Server 2019 (I was using this version to do some testing) I was struggling to find how to change the time period of analysis...
2019-07-17
32 reads
Azure SQL Elastic Jobs
The purpose of an Elastic Job is to execute a T-SQL script that is scheduled or executed ad-hoc against a group of Azure SQL databases. Targets can be in...
2019-07-11
179 reads
Blogs
PostgreSQL: Diagnosing and Fixing a Sequential Scan with No Filter Predicate
A sequential scan is not always a problem — PostgreSQL's planner often chooses one...
Giving AI Agents Visibility Into SQL Server with MCP
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it actually takes to make an...
The Book of Redgate: Profits
By Steve Jones
Redgate is a for-profit company. We look to make money by building and selling...
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