When Is Technology Good Enough?
Technology advances, sometimes beyond what we need sometimes. Steve asks when things are good enough.
Database DevOps: Standardize, Automate, Monitor & Protect
See how our end-to-end framework for extending DevOps to your database enables your organization to balance the demand to deliver software fast with the need to protect and preserve business critical data.
Metrics that matter for IT organizations on an agile journey
Measuring the wrong things is worse than not measuring anything. In this article, Mallika Gunturu explains the right things to measure for agile.
The Case for Patching
Recently I was testing a feature in SQL Server on 2017 and 2019. There was supposed to be an improvement across versions, but I didn't see it. Then I realized that I was on SQL Server 2019 CU 2 on my laptop, and the current CU is 17. I took a few minutes to download […]
How Hard is Kubernetes?
Mercedes has taken advantage of containers and Kubernetes to build knowledge in their staff. This investment helps them adapt and change their technology to meet the needs of the business.
INSERT EXEC statement cannot be nested, the Simple Solution
Step-by-step guide to solve the "INSERT EXEC cannot be nested" problem by using a CLR when unit testing stored procedures using the tSQLt framework.
5 things to look for in a 3rd party database monitoring tool
Are you evaluating the effectiveness of your homegrown database monitoring tool or looking at investing in a 3rd party one? This helpful blog post suggests 5 things to look for in your evaluations.
Create a Table in Microsoft SQL Server
Learn how to create a table in SQL Server using T-SQL along with several different examples that build upon each other to create the final table.
DBA to Data Engineer
A title change can come with a salary bump in some cases, but you might need to work to achieve both of those. Steve has a few ideas today.
Getting More Information From the String or Binary Data Truncated Error
Get more information from the string or binary data truncated message to help troubleshoot data problems on SQL Server 2016, 2017, and 2019.
Blogs
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...
Crawl, Walk, Run with Agentic Development of Power BI Assets
If you’ve been watching AI roll through the data community and thinking, “this seems...
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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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