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Import flat files to SQL Server on Linux using Azure Data Studio (2021-01-22)
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The CAST operator in PostgreSQL (2021-01-21)
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Stairway to Advanced T-SQL Level 9: Compare, Modify, Derive and Validate Date and Time Values (2021-01-20)
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Mathematicians and SQL (2021-01-19)
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Working with NULL Values in an ADF Data Flow? (2021-01-14)
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Exploring Facts About SQL Server Tables: Stairway to Exploring Database Metadata Level 5 (2021-01-13)
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Analyze Azure Cosmos DB data using Synapse Link and Power BI (2021-01-12)
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Data Element Names and Scoping Rules in SQL (2021-01-11)
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Inner Joins, Post Mortems, and a Little Governance
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PostgreSQL DML Statements (2021-01-07)
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Stairway to U-SQL Level 18: Populating a Data Lake with PowerShell (2021-01-06)
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Spoofing Data Convincingly: Text Data (2021-01-05)
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Do *not* place TEMPDB on a local disk in a SQL failover cluster (2021-01-04)
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Building a Better Community (DBW 2021-01-02)
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Happy New Year (2021-01-01)
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PowerShell Day By Day: The Pipeline (2020-12-31)
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Stairway to Server Management Objects (SMO) Level 3: The Database Class (2020-12-30)
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Save costs with Azure Data Factory (2020-12-29)
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Migrate the SSIS Catalog in Just a Few Clicks (2020-12-28)
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Merry Christmas 2020 (2020-12-25)
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Scheduling SQL Scripts Using Jenkins (2020-12-22)
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The case for SQL Server Agent 2.0 (2020-12-21)
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It’s Time for Public Sector Standards On AI (2020-12-19)
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Load Extended Events via Powershell (2020-12-18)
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Using Azure Synapse Link for Azure Cosmos DB (2020-12-17)
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Stairway to Biml Level 8 – Using the Relational Database Metadata to Build Packages (2020-12-16)
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Introduction to PostgreSQL Database on Amazon RDS (2020-12-15)
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Scheduling PowerShell Using Jenkins (2020-12-10)
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Index Column Order – Be Happy! (2020-12-04)
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Rules in PostgreSQL (2020-12-03)
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Simple Credential Management for DevOps Database Release to Azure SQL Database (2020-12-01)
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Creating SQL Agent Jobs to Run PowerShell (2020-11-30)
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An Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB (2020-11-16)
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Missing Agents, Undercover Hints and More SQL Mysteries in Database Weekly (11/14/2020)
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How to simulate Case statement in Azure Data Factory (ADF) compared with SSIS? (2020-11-12)
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Stairway to XML: Level 3 - Working with Typed XML (2020-11-11)
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SQL Server Suddenly Frozen? You Might Be Snapshotting Too Many Databases. (DBW 2020-09-26)
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