Using a change management system for database code is a new idea for many database administrators. Grant Fritchey explains the many benefits of database change control.

One or Many Databases

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Database Design

When you have multiple clients in your application, do you want one or many databases?

Optimizing my.cnf for MySQL performance

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MySQL

Database systems often need tuning for best performance. Lukas Vileikis explains to how to optimize my.cnf for MySQL performance.

Why Database Monitoring Tools are Important for Senior Leaders

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Vendors/3rd-party Products

Matt Gordon is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and the Director of Data and Infrastructure at Rev.io. In this short video, he talks us through the 3 key reasons database monitoring tools are essential for him as a Director, and how they help him to lead a team successfully and productively.

Are Cubes Dead?

by Steve Jones

SQLServerCentral

Is the idea of an Analysis Services cube something that is no longer relevant for modern data analysis? Steve thinks it might be.

How to grant PowerBI Service Workspace access using PowerShell

by G_M_J

SQLServerCentral

Learn how to more easily manage permissions in the Power BI service using PowerShell.

Database Testing in a Flyway Development

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If you can test and evaluate databases, and database objects, at every phase of the database development lifecycle, then you are much more likely to be able to adopt continuous delivery. The further down the delivery pipeline that bugs appear, the more costly in time and resources they are to fix.

Working with MySQL stored functions

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Stored functions in MySQL return a scalar value and can be used in a SQL statement. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains how to create and use a MySQL stored function.