Listening and Taking Action
Microsoft has changed SQL Server in response to the community. Read about some of the enhancements.
2017-05-22
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Editorials
2017-05-22
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Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation is a form of data masking, a technique that becomes more important to data professionals all the time.
2017-05-19
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Data Privacy and Security: The Implications of GDPR
There may be new changes to our jobs as data professionals because of GDPR in the European Union.
2017-05-18
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Array Element by Agonizing Array Element
Iterations and loops are fundamental parts of computer science, but with SQL and PowerShell, we may want different programming paradigms.
2017-05-17
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2017-05-16
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Cracking the SQL Code
Checking for coding style and reviewing code is so much easier when using techniques and tools to help, as long as the tools are your slave, and not your master.
2017-05-15
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The Human Impact of a Capable AI
Computing systems and algorithms continue to improve, especially in the machine learning and AI spaces. What does that mean for us humans?
2017-05-15
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Less QA?
It seems that QA is being cut more and more as software development advances. Is that a good thing? Steve Jones has some thoughts.
2017-05-12 (first published: 2013-07-31)
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What do you do when you have a repetitive task to do?
When faced with repetitive tasks how do you go about doing them in a focused timely manner?
2017-05-11
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Blogs
Running a Local LLM On Your Laptop Resources
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone that attended my sessions at VS Live San Diego yesterday. It...
Differences Between xp_readerrolog and sp_readerrorlog: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was creating a question on sp_readerrorlog and realized that this procedure is different...
Why sys.fn_dblog Is Undocumented And Why It's Still There
By SQLPals
Why sys.fn_dblog Is Undocumented And Why It's Still There Why sys.fn_dblog...
Forums
Implementing Type 4 Slowly Changing Dimensions in SQL Server
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The Disabled Index
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Question of the Day
The Disabled Index
I run this code on SQL Server 2022.
CREATE TABLE Drink
(
drinkid INT NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT DrinkPK PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,
drinkname VARCHAR(20),
rating NUMERIC(2, 1)
)
GO
INSERT INTO Drink
(
drinkid,
drinkname,
rating
)
VALUES
(1, 'Margarita', 4.5),
(2, 'Mojito', 4.3),
(3, 'Old Fashioned', 4.7),
(4, 'Martini', 4.4),
(5, 'Cosmopolitan', 4.2)
GO
ALTER INDEX drinkpk ON dbo.drink DISABLE
GO
SELECT * FROM dbo.Drink
GO
What is the result? See possible answers