Understanding Your Database
Steve notes that many of us might not completely understand every part of our database, but it’s information that can be helpful in cleaning out unnecessary entities.
Editorial
Code Building Code
Using code to help you write code is a time honored tradition in software development.
You’re not really that good at SQL Server
Steve reminds some people that there are reasons to continue to improve your skills.
Azure Data Explorer
Azure Data Explorer is a platform from Microsoft that might be an interesting fit
I’m In Charge of Books Online
Today Steve has an announcement about his role in moving Books Online forward.
Containers Are The Present, Not the Future
Last week was the MVP Summit. This year included a bunch of very technical discussions about some of the future of the Microsoft Data Platform (a big thank you goes to Slava Oks, Bob Ward, and all the team for a great job). I can’t share much since it was all under NDA. All I […]
Trunk Based Database Development
Trunk based development is what many of us do with shared database servers.
Giving Computers Ethics
There is a need to ensure we decide what ethics a computer system ought to have.
No More SQL Server Installs
Today, Steve wonders when we’ll stop installing SQL Server on a host machine.
Blogs
CISA Accredited Trainer!
By Brian Kelley
My certification came in! I’m now accredited to provide training for the Certified Information...
Correlated Subqueries vs Derived Tables
By Bert Wagner
Correlated subqueries provide an intuitive syntax for writing queries that return related data. However,...
Video – Creating Azure SQL Database
By Arun Sirpal
A quick 2 minute upload (with sound, my voice) showing you how easy it...
Forums
Can Azure Stack Reduce Software Development Costs?
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Splitting a multi-dimensional Array in SQL Server 2012
Hello, I have data from an Orders table has the following columns; OrderId (int)...
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