Thank you for Microsoft MVP
My head may very well explode. I was done some tuning today and glanced at the Outlook new mail notification....
2017-09-02
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Daniel Janik
SQL Server: SARGability
SARG is short for Search Argument. This is an important tuning term and something every developer and DBA should know....
2017-08-31
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SQL Server vs Oracle: How to replace NULL values
It’s Wednesday and that means another SQL/Oracle post. Today we’ll be discussing NULL Values, which can sometimes be a real...
2017-08-28 (first published: 2017-08-16)
9,274 reads
Learning through gaming a SQL Server tale
I’ve been teaching my 17 yr old SQL Server and other various topics. I have quite a bit of experience...
2017-08-18 (first published: 2017-07-31)
2,425 reads
I’m speaking: SQL Saturday Orlando (Oct 7th 17)
It’s been a while since I’ve done a SQL Saturday and I’m happy to be joining the folks in Orlando...
2017-08-16
302 reads
SQL Server vs Oracle: Convert string to date
Over this week we’ve looked at the difference between Oracle and SQL Server from a few different angles. We’ve looked...
2017-08-11
972 reads
SQL Server vs Oracle: Pagination
Today’s topic is Pagination. Paging is a really important feature for web pages and applications. Without it you’d be passing...
2017-08-10
400 reads
SQL Server vs Oracle: Top N rows
In today’s continuation of the SQL / Oracle series, I thought it’d be nice to show how different the two are...
2017-08-09
295 reads
SQL Server vs Oracle: End of Month
Continuing my series on SQL Server and Oracle, I thought I’d highlight a function that has been in Oracle from...
2017-08-08
298 reads
SQL Server vs Oracle: Date formatting
Are you a DBA and just inherited a SQL Server or Oracle database? Are you migrating from one or the...
2017-08-07
307 reads
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Analysis Services Model w/ Direct Query and (Default Veritpaq)
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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