The Craziness of Code
Building software can seem like a crazy process, especially to a developer who joins a project.
Understanding the Mapping Data Flow Activity in Azure Data Factory
Learn about using Mapping Data Flows in Azure Data Factory.
The 10 Benefits of Monitoring for Leaders
A third-party database monitoring tool is an investment that drives enormous value for the bottom line of a business in ten key ways, from simplifying cloud migration to retaining talent. Here's how.
Understanding SQL Server Linked Servers
In this tip we look at how to setup a Linked Server in SQL Server using SQL Server Management Studio.
Scripting Makes Mistakes Easier Than Ever
A major outage from Atlassian because of a bad script has Steve thinking about the challenges of recovering from mistakes. When we are making changes to portions of our data and we need to plan for mistakes to occur and ensure we can restore the data.
Getting an Overview of Changes to a PostgreSQL Database using Flyway
How to use Flyway and PowerShell to automatically generate a database build script every time Flyway successfully created a new version. You can then investigate schema changes between versions simply by using a Diff tool to compare build scripts.
Site Reliability Engineering vs. DevOps
What’s the difference between Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps? In this article, Grant Fritchey defines each one and compares them.
Basic Git for DBAs: Getting Started with Git
Learn the basics of Git in this article if you've never used this version control system before. We will cover setting up a repo, adding files, changing them, and getting your history.
Stairway to Advanced T-SQL Level 11: Using Logical Operators
SQL Server supports a number of different logical operators. These operators can be used for testing Boolean conditions that return true, false and unknown in your T-SQL code. Logical operators are useful for defining constraints to limit the rows be processed when selecting or updating data. This chapter will provide an overview of the logical […]
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Multiple Sequence Values
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