A lack of foreign keys – a bad culture example.
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One of the things that I’ve been seeing more often than I would like to lately is large databases with...
2020-03-03 (first published: 2018-10-28)
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Azure Enhancements – Time to take a look (and read the ebook.)
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Recently I’ve become quite interested in the latest incarnation of Azure SQL Database.
For those that are unaware of some of...
2020-03-03 (first published: 2015-01-27)
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Following good practice saves wasted time down the line.
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Sometimes I come across what I call unusual coding practices. Developers usually have pressure on them to deliver and this...
2020-03-03 (first published: 2012-09-10)
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Generating Insert Statements
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I been asked a few times lately the best way to generate INSERT statements.
I’d always replied to use SSMS.
I know...
2020-03-03 (first published: 2019-02-02)
2,534 reads
THE IIF statement – SQL has it at last.
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While I was writing my last blog post about the new SQL SERVER 2012 CHOOSE statement, it also came...
2020-03-03 (first published: 2014-02-18)
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The SQL Elephant in my room
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Are people familiar with the saying “If there’s an elphant in the room, introduce it“? – if not, then to sum...
2020-03-03 (first published: 2014-03-19)
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Data Events in Australia and New Zealand in early 2020
Over the course of the next few weeks there are some significant events taking place that reflect technologies on the Microsoft data platform and beyond. Thursday 13th and 14th...
2020-02-12
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2020-02-02
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Is NoSQL still a thing?
G’day, Looking back, perhaps one of the (many) mistakes that I’ve made in my career was to initially ignore the N0SQL movement. I’ve focused my career on Relational Database...
2020-01-27
16 reads
Moving to a Modern Microsoft Platform
Melbourne Event – Monday 17th June 2019 (Free – including lunch and prizes) PASS, in conjunction with Microsoft, Intel and community leaders are offering free training on Moving to...
2019-06-06
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Take Two Trips
By Steve Jones
If you have any doubt about being able to carry a load in one...
Do Yourself a Favor, Check Out Woodler
I recently was privileged to speak at SQLDay in Wroclaw Poland… man, I love...
Vertically scaling SQL Server online in Kubernetes
One of the new features in Kubernetes v1.33 is the ability to resize CPU...
Forums
Analyzing Tempdb Spills and Usage Across Recursive Queries
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Creating a new API in Data API Builder
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Deadlocks and Backups - Need help
Hey everyone, please excuse my ignorance, I'm just .NET developer and have used SQL...
Question of the Day
Creating a new API in Data API Builder
If I run "dab init" to create a new API over a database, what parameters are required?
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