Cache SQL Server Data in a .NET Web Application
One of the slowest parts of any application is data retrieval and in this article, we look at how to cache SQL Server data for a web application.
PostgreSQL 101: The 10 key differences between SQL Server & PostgreSQL
Join us for the second webinar in our PostgreSQL 101 series.
As a SQL Server developer or DBA, you have a broad skill set and have become accustomed to interacting with the larger #SQLFamily community. Now, by choice or necessity you've begun to explore PostgreSQL and things feel oddly familiar and foreign at the same time.
Join Ryan Booze on May 25th to find out the things that often trip up SQL Server users when they first start exploring PostgreSQL.
Empathetic Design
An old sport saying goes like this “I could beat them with one arm tied behind my back.” Well, after six weeks with my arm in a sling, I am in awe of whoever tries that because everything is a lot harder. Like washing your hand and then drying it, becomes more of a challenge […]
Copy SSIS Environment variables to another server
Migrate SSIS environment variables from one SQL Server to another in just a few clicks using SSIS Catalog Migration Wizard.
REPLACE versus TRANSLATE for SQL Server Text Data Manipulation
Learn how to replace text in SQL Server strings using the REPLACE and TRANSLATE functions and how these could be used for data manipulation.
The Journey to Team-based Development with Flyway
This article explains why Flyway is fundamentally well-suited to the task of bringing control and automation to database development work and then the features of Flyway Teams edition that become necessary when a team of developers need to work concurrently on a database.
Demystifying Best Practices and Enhancing RDS security with Amazon GuardDuty
This article looks at four security best practices for protecting databases in AWS along with how GuardDuty can be used to provide additional security.
Getting Out of Character
In this article, Joe Celko gives us a history of the different character sets that are used in computing and how that can pertain to your usage in relational databases. Some of these you may have never heard of!
Blogs
Did You Really Name That Default?
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Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
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Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
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Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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