Use cases of various products for a big data cloud solution
There are a tremendous amount of Microsoft products that are cloud-based for building big data solutions. It’s great that there...
2017-10-11
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Database Fundamentals #13: Data Entry Through T-SQL
T-SQL provides lots of functions that help to make data entry through T-SQL much more powerful. Over time you won’t...
2017-10-23 (first published: 2017-10-11)
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What's new in SQL 2017
SQL Server 2017 became General Availability (GA) on 10/2, I've been sharing through the different social media channels the different...
2017-10-11
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Azure SQL Database Level Firewall Rules
I have written about Azure SQL Database LEVEL firewall rules before during my blog series, more specifically the security blog...
2017-10-20 (first published: 2017-10-11)
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sys.objects VS helper functions (OBJECT_ID, OBJECT_NAME, etc)
I’ve you’ve done much work with the system views (DMVs for example) then you’ve had to translate an object_id into...
2017-10-11
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Why I Go to Summit Each Year?
This year will be my 6thPASS Summit that I will have attended. Some people have asked me why I still...
2017-10-11
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Identity_Cache feature introduced in SQL Server 2017
Hello friends, Please find the full article at this link – https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/40666.sql-server-identity-cache-feature-in-sql-server-2017.aspx
2017-10-11
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SQL Server Temporal Tables
Temporal data storage, which was defined in the ANSI SQL:2011 standard, describes an architecture in which relational databases maintain row-level...
2017-10-19 (first published: 2017-10-11)
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Avoid “Constants” in T-SQL
Unlike some other languages, T-SQL doesn’t have the concept of a constant.
As good coders, we’ve all at some point tried...
2017-10-19 (first published: 2017-10-10)
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How NOLOCK Will Block Your Queries
Photo by James Sutton on UnsplashNote: the problem described below applies to all SELECT queries, not just those adorned with NOLOCK...
2017-10-10
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Blogs
The GO Barrier: Why SSMS Multi-Server Query Waits for the Slowest Connection
By Zikato
I deployed a schema change to 30 servers using multi-server query and deploy-at-low-priority. Small...
10 Things I Hate About Fabric Deployment Pipelines— And Some Alternatives
Fabric deployment pipelines look like they solve CI/CD for Fabric content, especially for people...
The Book of Redgate: Evidence
By Steve Jones
We aren’t the only company that does this, but Redgate Software does try to...
Forums
Massive Table Growth Issue – How to Set Up Filegroup Usage Alerts?
Hello We recently encountered an issue where a SQL table unexpectedly grew in size...
The New World Of AI Robots
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The New World Of AI...
Logic question in a WHERE clause using IIF?
Thanks in advance, I'm trying to avoid using IIF for performance reasons, but the...
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BIT_COUNT() V
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