ETL Modularity

Imagine for a moment that you’ve built a software thing. In fact, we’ll call it Thing. You put a lot...

Basic Statistics with SQL – Introduction

I was a student of statistics in school and college. I didn’t get to use much of anything I learned...

SQL Server – String_Escape function in SQL Server 2016

Hi friends, in SQL server 2016 another string function that introduced is String_Escape. This function can escape special characters within...

Join me for a free SQL Performance webcast on July 14th!

With less than we week away, I can say that I’m really excited to reach more people in the community...

Dallas, TX Fallen Officers Relief Fund

If you want to make a Donation to the Dallas, TX Fallen Officers Relief Fund, Please click this Link.
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Converged virtual architectures and SQL Server licensing

Hyper-converged compute architectures, meaning clusters of physical servers with self-contained storage configured for a traditional SAN-less solution, are growing in...

Influence Skills: Live from @LearningTree London Day 4

We've made it to the final day, day 4 of Learning Tree  course 294 Influence Skills: Getting Results without  Direct Authority.

Today...

Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Certifications Announced

Hi friends, Microsoft has announced the release of three new SQL 2016 certifications, based on the different working database professional’s...

SQL Server Basic - Memory

For those of you who just started to manage SQL server might wonder why SQL server use so much memory....

SQL Server and Continuous Integration

This is the 1st in a series of posts on SQL Server and Continuous Integration. Some of the tools I’ll be...