You can read about columnstore indexes here (https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/transforming-your-data-in-azure-sql-database-to-columnstore-format/). I won’t rehash the material but high level, these index types are optimized for analytical queries and high compression of data...
2019-08-06
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Hopefully you know that SSMS is a separate install from the main SQL Server install. You can find the binaries from Microsoft (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms) Using SSMS version 18.2, whilst playing...
2019-08-01
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I was generally reading about SQL Server and how things have changed since the days of just having it within a Windows Eco-system only. It then led me to...
2019-07-29
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There is a lightweight and quick way to start querying your database in Azure which doesn’t involve SQL Operations Studio or Management Studio. You can use the query editor...
2019-07-25
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Quite a simple requirement (when I needed it a few months ago). Study my Azure SQL database environment below. As you can see I have a standard elastic pool...
2019-07-22
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I am sure many missed the updates to Azure SQL Database SLA (Service Level Agreement). It used to be 99.99% across all tiers but split between two different high-availability...
2019-07-19
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While not specific to SQL Server 2019 (I was using this version to do some testing) I was struggling to find how to change the time period of analysis...
2019-07-17
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The purpose of an Elastic Job is to execute a T-SQL script that is scheduled or executed ad-hoc against a group of Azure SQL databases. Targets can be in...
2019-07-11
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It is always a dark art trying to suss out why he/she is an MVP? Do they deserve it? What does it take? Why can’t I get it? The...
2019-07-05
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I had a good question from JP via a comment on my blog about whether you can use the MAXDOP query hint in Azure SQL Database. The answer? Yes....
2019-06-24
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Aside from spinning up a SQL Server instance container, the free Azure SQL Database...
By Brian Kelley
If you haven't seen the announcement, Anthropic was able to utilize Claude (Mythos Preview)...
Most embedding pipelines on AWS have the same shape: a job reads rows out...
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If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers