Beginner’s Mind
In the past years I would set out my year-ahead goals both on the personal and career fronts by looking ahead at the things I want to attain or...
2020-03-11 (first published: 2020-03-03)
380 reads
Marlon Ribunal - SQL, Code, Coffee, etc.
Book Review: Eat People – And Other Unapologetic Rules For Game-Changing Entrepreneurs
This book simply answers the question "What's the next big thing?". The "Unapologetic Rules" will walk you through the many elements of exactly finding that out. Continue reading ?
The...
2019-11-04
20 reads
Certification on Orchestrating Big Data with Azure Data Factory
I took a break from blogging this week to finish the course for and get certified with Orchestrating Big Data...
2019-04-03 (first published: 2019-03-16)
1,117 reads
SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services: The Basics Part 5
We’re now on Part 5 of our SQL Server Reporting Services Basics Series. In this installment, we’ll learn how to...
2019-03-21 (first published: 2019-03-09)
3,419 reads
Transforming Data With Azure Data Factory Data Flow
Azure Data Factory (ADF) offers a convenient cloud-based platform for orchestrating data from and to on-premise, on-cloud, and hybrid sources...
2019-03-01
1,939 reads
Copy Data From On-Premise SQL Server To Azure Database Using Azure Data Factory
Let’s take a break from our SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services Basics Series and jump to Azure Data Factory (v2)....
2019-02-21
1,811 reads
SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services: The Basics Part 4
Note: I’ve been meaning to start a series on the basics of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). The last time...
2019-02-16
375 reads
SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services: The Basics Part 3
Note: I’ve been meaning to start a series on the basics of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). The last time...
2019-02-08
722 reads
SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services: The Basics Part 2
Note: I’ve been meaning to start a series on the basics of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). The last time...
2019-02-22 (first published: 2019-02-01)
3,059 reads
SQL Server 2017 Reporting Services: The Basics Part 1
I’ve been meaning to start a series on the basics of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS). The last time I...
2019-02-13 (first published: 2019-01-25)
3,683 reads
Blogs
Chatting with Power BI: Who Benefits from This Conversation?
By Rayis Imayev
"Dave: Open the pod bay doors, HAL.HAL: I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t...
A Quick Look at Redgate Data Modeler
By Steve Jones
Redgate acquired a data modeling tool from Vertabelo recently and I wanted to explore...
Prepping for Certification, Part 2 of ?
By Brian Kelley
The advantage of understanding the make-up of the exam: I can tailor my efforts...
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Filtered Indexes: The Developer’s Secret Weapon in SQL Server
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Is Data Modeling Common?
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Question of the Day
Getting The Database Name
I run this code to connect to SQL Server 2022 from the command line.
sqlcmd -S localhost -EAt the command line, I run these two commands:
SELECT ORIGINAL_DB_NAME() GOWhat is returned? See possible answers