Azure SQL Database Elastic Scale Part 1 - What is Sharding?

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This week, Microsoft introduced an update to Azure SQL...

Database Restores – Zeroing Out Log Files

I recently came across a question on the #sqlhelp Twitter feed that I thought was interesting.  The question pertains to...

How to resequence column based on numeric prefix using TSQL

Beginning in version 2005, SQL Server is making manipulation of  partitioned set of rows easier by using Window Functions (ROW_NUMBER(), aggregate functions...

Unit testing with SQL Server article on SQLServerCentral.com

My “Unit testing with SQL Server” article is now online on SQLServerCentral.com. A big thanks goes to Steve Jones (@way0utwes).

You...

Unit testing with SQL Server article on SQLServerCentral.com

My “Unit testing with SQL Server” article is now online on SQLServerCentral.com. A big thanks goes to Steve Jones (@way0utwes).

You...

Clean out all bad characters from a string.

I have a customer who is having a problem with a load. He is getting a fair number of bad...

I am a Superhero

Two weeks ago I attended SQLBits in London. This is probably the biggest SQL Server conference in Europe, and this...

Iterating Through Excel Worksheets with Biml

Wrangling large or complex Excel workbooks in SSIS can be a challenge. From managing data types (more about that in...

The Idea Book

How many times have you said to yourself, “Someone should build an application that does [x]…”, or “Wouldn’t it be...

Toshiba Portege Z301-A Review

Last year I purchased a Lenovo W530. Nightmares then ensued. Nice laptop if you just want to use it as...