Vertipaq optimization and its impact on columnstore compression
Vertipaq optimization is a critical component of the columnstore compression process. Edward Pollack explains how it works and what you need to know to manage it.
2022-02-11
Articles
Share your insights and help shape the Summit 2022 program
We want to hear from you! Tell us what's important to you by sharing your insights and preferences for PASS Data Community Summit 2022. Community feedback is at the heart of everything we do for Summit and your insights will help guide our planning for this year's conference, taking place online and in-person in Seattle, November 15 - 18, 2022.
2022-02-09
Transformations by the Oracle Optimizer
To troubleshoot poorly performing SQL in Oracle, you must understand which transformations the optimizer has made. Jonathan Lewis demonstrates several possible optimizations for one query.
2022-02-09
PostgreSQL in Azure using the Azure Data Studio Extension
Learn how to create a PostgreSQL database and work with it from Azure Data Studio.
2022-02-07
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Enterprise SQL Server Performance Tuning and Management with dbWatch
We need to transition our team from single instance management and monitoring to managing the overall environment and addressing our most pressing needs to support the organization. How can we move from managing the trees to managing the forest in an efficient and automated manner with a small team?
2022-02-07
Help shape the future of Flyway
We’ve got some big plans for this year, and are looking to talk to people who use Flyway in a professional capacity. If you are willing to talk to us about how you first started using Flyway, then get in touch. Of course we’ll also look to say thank you for your time in our usual fashion.
2022-02-07
Using Logging with the Delete Activity in Azure Data Factory
This short piece shows how to add logging for the Delete activity and track which files or folders are deleted.
2022-02-04
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Data lakes take on big data
A data lake is a scalable data storage repository that can ingest large amounts of raw data and make it available on-demand. Robert Sheldon explains the benefits and challenges of data lakes.
2022-02-04
Google Cloud DB DevOps Report: Read Now
The 2021 report from the DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team at Google Cloud has now been published and provides highlights from seven years of research and data from more than 32,000 professionals worldwide.
2022-02-04
A Programmer’s Guide to Flyway Configuration
Phil Factor offers a programmer's guide to Flyway's configuration settings, explaining the different categories of parameters, the role of each of parameter within each category, and how to exploit Flyway's multi-level configuration file system.
2022-02-02
Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
Forums
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SQL Server Transactional Replication from Always On Availability Groups to Azure SQL Database
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Hidden Heroes
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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