Understanding Azure Data Factory Pricing
Learn how Azure Data Factory charges you for use and how to estimate what your charges would be based on a few examples.
Why you need to go beyond dynamic data masking
Data masking is defined as replacing sensitive data with a realistic fictional equivalent. But do you know there are 2 key types of Data masking, and what each offer? Join SQLServerCentral Editor, Steve Jones, in this 30-minute webinar to find out more.
Working with MySQL Views
Views in MySQL allow you to save a predefined SQL query. Robert Sheldon explains the benefits of views and how to create and query them.
Virtual Events Are Here To Stay
This week was the MVP Summit. As was the case for the last couple of years, the event was entirely virtual. We were shown a bunch of new and interesting things by Microsoft. We were able to talk to each other and to the engineers at Microsoft. I'm honored that I've been an MVP and […]
Executing Notebooks in a Stored Procedure
Writing notebooks in Azure Data Studio is a great way to keep a number of queries in one place and execute them together. Steve has a way to do this inside a stored procedure.
Power BI in Grafana
An exciting new way of viewing your Power BI visuals. The functionality is a bit limited, but highly desired.
Exploring New SQL Prompt Features in SQL Toolbelt and SQL Toolbelt Essentials
Roseanna Whitelegg explores new SQL Prompt functionality that has been added to SQL Toolbelt and SQL Toolbelt Essentials to help teams increase their productivity, improve code quality, and make collaboration easier.
SQL Server and Oracle Create Table Comparison
In this article we look at a comparison of different things you can specify when creating tables in SQL Server and in Oracle.
How do you secure sensitive data in a modern Data Warehouse?
In 2019 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) news reported a massive data breach at the Desjardins Group, which is a Canadian financial service cooperative and the largest federation of credit unions in North America. The report indicated, a "malicious" employee copied sensitive personal information collected by Desjardins from their data warehouse. The data breach compromised the […]
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Monday Monitor Tips: Intelligent Alert Thresholds
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In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
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Vectors in SQL Server 2025
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Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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