Azure Data Factory Interview Questions and Answers
Get a few common questions and possible answers about Azure Data Factory that you may encounter in an interview.
PostgreSQL Springboot Integration Using JDBC Template
Learn how you can use Springboot to automatically make data changes for a new database in an application.
The Nightmare Letter
The GDPR may bring nightmare letters like the one linked to from the editorial.
10 Benefits of Database Monitoring for Business Leaders [Video]
A third-party database monitoring tool is an investment that drives enormous value for the bottom line of your business in ten key ways. Here's how a tool like Redgate SQL Monitor can save you money, time and assist with security and compliance concerns.
Advanced Databricks Lakehouse Capabilities
Learn about several different aspects of Databricks Lakehouse such as encryption, row level security, visually viewing query plans, SQL merge, change data capture and more.
Production Subsets
Working with data in development or test environments can be challenging. This week Steve Jones asks how you might deal with the volume of data and whether you like subsets.
Stairway to SQLCLR Level 8: Using Visual Studio to Work around SSDT
In the final installment of this three-Level series, we use another automation-related feature to do what SSDT doesn't handle natively.
Combinations, permutations, and derangements
Joe Celko explains how several mathematical concepts, combinations, permutations, and derangements, relate to databases.
Managing Database Code Quality in a Flyway Development
In this article, I'll discuss the most important quality metrics for a database development, and then practical ways to ensure that a Flyway-managed database is designed and implemented to a high enough standard that it is reliable to use.
Audit systems: a good idea or a mess to maintain?
Audit systems can be a good idea, but they can also be a mess to maintain.
Blogs
Scaling PowerShell – Lessons from a Technical Interview
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Installing Old Versions of PowerShell Modules with Their Dependencies
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In Memory of Andrew Clarke, AKA Phil Factor
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Forums
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Question of the Day
SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation
A table without a clustered index (heap) will NOT suffer from fragmentation during frequent updates or deletes. True or False?
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