Perhaps we're not really talking about the need for (2) data warehouses but rather an architecture of multiple distributed databases that are federated into a single logical data warehouse (think...

SSMS, MSSQL, VisualStudio, Slack and Chrome can be memory hogs, and I often times must choose 3 out of 5 at any given time, so the most wanted upgrade for...

Like I said earlier, the id assignment of system databases simply results from the order in which the database are created during installation. It has nothing to do with startup....

... This is the same reason why I'd say that it's worth sticking with a database platform or two and not experimenting with each new type of system that...

Mr. Livingston, I love that animation ... :laugh:

This would actually be a good interview question. If the candidate laughs or responds only with raised eyebrows, then they answered correctly.

It may have to do with the order in which the databases are created when SQL Server is initially installed. 
I can also see why SQL Server would want to...

... Bruce Schneier has called for regulation of IoT devices. Most people resist any sort of regulatory approach, but I'm not sure this is a bad idea. Not specifics,...

Where I work, we've embraced the Slack platform and have a channel dedicated to database alert notifications and SlackBot driven queries. 
For example: "dba, is server prod-002 up?" gives both...

The industry of SQL coding suffers from the same predicament as HTML; a lot of folks code it, but few truly know it at a professional level. Consider how many...

The problem with allowing applications to talk with a database the same way they talk to an object or web service isn't so much about translating the mismatch between JSON...

Corporate or municipal sponsored "Christmas" parties (and even most family gatherings), have practically nothing to do with the Christian tradition in the first place, so changing the name is simply...