Databases in Azure… Where to begin? Create a Database and log in!
Ready to create your first Database in Azure. Here are the step by step instructions with plenty of definitions and terms.
2019-10-23 (first published: 2016-06-16)
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Michael Morin
Windowing Functions: Tell me when that changes
Windowing functions aren't just for analyzing numbers/dates. Using windows functions to analyze when a character field changes is a little know resource
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Databases in Azure: Copy and Exports
Toady we are going to make a copy and export your DB to Azure Storage. Lets get started.
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Finding Special Characters within Character Strings
Special Characters can lead to many problems. Identifying and reporting on them can save a lot of headache down the road.
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Changing the Recovery Time
I want to change the recovery time for a database running on SQL Server 2022. What are my options for setting the value in my ALTER DATABASE statement. If I run this code, what can I use in place of the xxx to define what 12 means?
ALTER DATABASE Finance SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 12 xxx;See possible answers