Overview of SQL UNION

This article will provide a deep dive into the SQL UNION operator, describing its many uses along with examples and...

Things To Know About SQL Saturday Charlotte #806

Did you know that SQL Saturday Charlotte is just a few weeks away on October 20, 2018?  This will be...

Using Microsoft Azure – Twitter Analysis

Time for a fun post, I have been working on a mini-project using technology from Microsoft Azure to hook into...

You can’t DELETE TOP (x) with an ORDER BY

Did you know you can’t do this?
DELETE TOP (10)
FROM SalesOrderDetail
ORDER BY SalesOrderID DESC;Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 8

Incorrect...

#Ignite2018 Session: Ensure application availability with cloud-based disaster recovery, Azure Site Recovery #SAP #BusinessContinuity

I’m a big fan of Azure Site Recovery for Disaster Recovery and was glad to attend the Ignite session today...

Azure Cognitive Services – Language APIs

In today’s post focusing on Azure Cognitive Analytics, I’ll look at the Language Analytics APIs that are available. These language...

Azure Database Migration Service (DMS)

As I first mentioned in my blog Microsoft database migration tools, the Azure Database Migration Service (DMS) is a PaaS solution that makes it easy to migrate from on-prem/RDS to Azure...

Azure means hybrid now

On Monday 24 September 2018, Microsoft announced a slew of stuff at their annual Ignite conference that is going to...

Azure Outage Post-Mortem Part 3

My previous blog posts, Azure Outage Post-Mortem – Part 1 and Azure Outage Post-Mortem Part 2,made some assumptions based upon limited information coming from...

Best Hidden Feature in SQL Server 2019

With Microsoft’s Ignite conference this week a lot of new features are being advertised all over the internet.  Most likely...