CPU Upgrades
Does your database server need an upgrade? Steve notes that you might learn a bit about the best hardware to ensure a good ROI. Even if you wouldn't make a change for your own desktop machine.
Maintaining a Utilities Schema in a Flyway Project
This article demonstrates how to manage these utilities from Flyway so that we can maintain and migrate them separately from the database objects.
The Basics of Deleting Data from a SQL Server Table
n my last article “Updating SQL Server Data” I discussed using the UPDATE statement to change data in existing rows of a SQL Server table. In this article I will be demonstrating how to use the DELETE statement to remove rows from a SQL Server Table.
Are You Still Using Portable Drives?
Steve realizes that he doesn't use physical storage anymore for transferring data.
Artificial Intelligence with Power BI
Get a brief introduction to using the AI features in Power BI.
Setting SQL Deadlock Priority to Control the Transaction that is Rolled Back
Learn how to control which SQL Server transaction will get rolled back when a deadlock occurs by using DEADLOCK_PRIORITY.
SSIS Bad Habits: Decreasing SSIS Package Performance
This tip will explain some mistakes SSIS developers usually make when designing ETL and how they should be avoided to help improve performance.
How to create a Power BI report using REST API data
In this article, we will learn how to use a REST API from Power BI to get data for a report.
Deploy and Configure Azure SQL Managed Instance
This article covers how to deploy, configure and test the managed instance version of Azure SQL Database using the General-Purpose edition.
New Flyway Course on Redgate University
Flyway Desktop is the newest way to automate database deployments. In this brand new course Kathi Kellenberger provides an overview of DevOps, including definitions, tools, and demos of some of the advanced features available in Flyway Desktop.
Blogs
Want to look at cloud reporting but not sure what the costs will be?
By ChrisJenkins
Have you been thinking about migrating your reporting to Microsoft Fabric or Snowflake but...
Prime Day Recommendations
By Steve Jones
It’s Prime Day. A few of my recommendations, since I want to do some...
Fabric for Operational Reporting & SQL Endpoint Trap
With Fabric Mirroring, Microsoft is promoting a nice and appealing story for operational reporting...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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Concurrency and Baseline Control: Level 5 of the Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments
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Spending Time in the Office
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Question of the Day
Multiple Values Inserted
I have this code on SQL Server 2022. What happens when it runs all at once?
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.Commission GO CREATE TABLE dbo.Commission (id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT CommissionPK PRIMARY KEY , salesperson VARCHAR(20) , commission VARCHAR(20) ) GO INSERT dbo.Commission ( salesperson, commission) VALUES ( 'Brian', 12 ), ( 'Brian', 'None' ) GOSee possible answers