Call for Panelists – WIT Panel at PASS Data Community Summit, 2023
Take a moment and submit to be on the WIT panel at the PASS Data Community Summit in Seattle this November. We would like to see more women taking part in this.
How to Find the SQL Server Version
This article shows a number of ways in which you can find out the version of your instance.
The Reliable DBA
One of the important qualities for a database is being reliable. However, as your organization grows, you might need to ensure that your account for your people as well.
Pipelining Configuration Information Securely to Flyway
This article demonstrates two techniques for allowing Flyway to read extra configuration information from a secure location, possibly encrypted. The first technique pipes the contents of the config file to flyway via STDIN, and the second uses PowerShell splatting. This makes it much simpler to use Flyway to manage multiple development copies of a database using role-base security.
Troubleshoot SQL Server Deadlocks in Stored Procedures
Deadlocks can occur in any database system, and SQL Server is no exception. In this article, we look at the steps I used to detect and resolve deadlocks in stored procedures.
How to Avoid N+1 Queries: Comprehensive Guide and Python Code Examples
This article describes the N+1 problem that we often find when developers use row by row solutions for querying related data in a database.
Who's Responsible?
If mistakes are made, employees can be held financially responsible by some companies. Do we need to worry about this in our industry?
First speakers announced for Summit 2023
Your first speakers in the lineup for PASS Data Community Summit 2023 have been announced! Check out the full details for this year's Pre-Cons and Learning Pathways, and find out why some of our speakers are particularly excited for what’s in store this year.
The SELECT Statement in Oracle
The SELECT statement is used to retrieve information from a database. Following the execution of a SELECT statement, a tabular result is held in a result table (called a result set). It allows you to select the table columns depending on a set of criteria. In this article, I will introduce the basic SELECT statement fetching data from just one table.
Advantages of Kappa architecture in the Modern Data Stack
A comparison of the lambda and kappa architectures for real time ingestion and analysis of big data.
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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