Stairway to Snowflake Level 5 - Using Snowflake with SnowSQL and Visual Studio Code
Snowflake has its own CLI tool: SnowSQL. In this level of the Stairway Series learn how to work with this dialect in Snowflake and Visual Studio Code.
Stairway to Snowflake Level 6 - Creating and Cloning Snowflake Databases
In this next level of the Stairway to Snowflake, learn about creating and dropping databases, with some options for cloning from different sources.
Stairway to Snowflake Level 7 - Snowflake Tables
In this next level of the Stairway to Snowflake we examine the wide variety of table types that exist in the platform.
What is a Failed Deployment?
Today Steve talks about the concept of what a failure is when deploying changes.
Real-time Data Streaming in Snowflake
Real-time data ingestion has become essential for modern analytics and operational intelligence. Organizations across industries need to process data streams from IoT sensors, financial transactions, and application events with minimal latency. Snowflake offers two robust approaches to meet these real-time data needs: Snowpipe for near-real-time file-based streaming and Direct Streaming via Snowpark API for true real-time data integration.
Stairway to Transaction Log Management in SQL Server, Level 4: Managing the Log in Simple Recovery Mode
Tony describes in more detail the SIMPLE recovery model, and the way it works, its advantages and disadvantages.
Managed Instance Gotchas – Configuration Items
Validate all of your settings and be prepared to make some changes during your migration process. Most of the incompatible options make sense when you think about the purpose of SQL MI – it is controlled by Microsoft. Hardware settings, local file access, high-availability settings, and auditing are configured differently or completely disabled.
Azure SQL Performance Tuning: Mastering Indexes, Partitioning, and Clustered Columnstore
Learn a few ways to improve performance in your Azure SQL Databases through better indexing, partitioning, and columnstore index consideration.
Shorten the Debate
Steve talks about the process of decision making with idea for shortening the time taken.
Blogs
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Using table variables in T-SQL
What happens if you run the following code in SQL Server 2022+?
declare @t1 table (id int); insert into @t1 (id) values (NULL), (1), (2), (3); select count(*) from @t1 where @t1.id is distinct from NULL;See possible answers