Most of Us Are Vulnerable
Security is hard, and while data professionals might not be responsible for network issues, we ought to be aware that there could be vulnerabilities that might attack our systems.
Playing popular game of Wordle using T-SQL
Popular and addictive game of Wordle is now written in Transact SQL script. With this script, you can now play this game on Microsoft SQL Server, using your favourite editor - SSMS, ADS, VS Code, and enjoy playing the game during free time, or whilst waiting for the other SQL query to complete.
Playing popular game of Wordle using T-SQL
Popular and addictive game of Wordle is now written in Transact SQL script. With this script, you can now play this game on Microsoft SQL Server, using your favourite editor - SSMS, ADS, VS Code, and enjoy playing the game during free time, or whilst waiting for the other SQL query to complete.
Stairway to SQL PowerShell Level 11: SQL Server Maintenance Using SQL PowerShell
This level will demonstrate simple techniques to perform a few important SQL Server maintenance tasks using PowerShell. We'll barely scratch the surface of what's possible but I hope it will whet your appetite.
Reporting on Changes Made by Flyway Migration Scripts
Phil Factor demonstrates some PowerShell tasks that will produce a high-level overview, or narrative, of the main differences in the metadata between two versions of a database, during Flyway Teams migrations.
SQL Identity Column Gaps and Conversion in SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL
Learn about identity column sequence gaps and changing an existing column to an identity column in SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL.
It Isn't Worth Automating
Every year I'm responsible for a portion of the Database Weekly newsletters. I used to do half, but right now Kathi, Grant, and I are on a rotation. Our boss puts out a schedule each year, which tells me the weeks for which I am responsible. Each January I then set up a recurring appointment […]
SQL Server Dacpac in Azure Data Studio
Introduction This article will introduce you to the SQL Server Dacpac in Azure Data Studio. We will also learn about the Bacpac. In the Azure Data Studio, we have an extension named SQL Server Dacpac which allows us to deploy, extract Dacpacs, create a database from a Bacpac and export a schema and data to […]
Power BI Zoom and Focus
In this article we look at how to add the zoom feature to your charts and graphs in Power BI reports for a better user experience.
Where's the best place to live as a DBA?
Got wanderlust? We thought it would be fun to look at where the best place to live in the world is as a DBA. Find the winners and weigh in on the debate here!
Blogs
Scooby Dooing Episode 9: The Case of the Artificially Intelligent Villain
Welcome back, my fellow sleuths, to my mystery-inspired blog series! I’m having a ton...
The Book of Redgate: Don’t be an a**hole
By Steve Jones
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Beyond Pipelines: How Fabric Reinvents Data Movement for the Modern Enterprise
By Chris Yates
For decades, enterprises have thought about data like plumbers think about water: you build...
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The Journey to PostgreSQL (or anything)
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Question of the Day
A Common Split
What happens when I run this code:
DECLARE @s VARCHAR(1000) = 'apple, pear, peach' SELECT * FROM STRING_SPLIT(@s, ', ')See possible answers