How to Find the Start and End Dates for the Current Week (and more)
Learn to calculate Start / First of Week, End of Week, Start of Next Week, Year, Quarter, and Month of the week, Week Numbers and more in T-SQL (Jeff Moden)
Cross-RDBMS Version Checks in Flyway
How does one check that a database is definitively at the version that Flyway says it is? Or that a test teardown procedure leaves no trace in the database? Or verify that an undo script returns a database's metadata to that state it should be in for the version to which you're rolling back? This article shows how to do high-level version checks, by comparing JSON models.
SQL Server 2022: Backup and Restore database to AWS S3 bucket - Part 1
In this article we look at how to configure AWS to allow backup and restore from a SQL Server 2022 database using AWS S3 storage.
Power BI Report Builder Parameters Tutorial
Learn how you can adjust the way users interact with reports and change font sizes as well as add parameters for filtering.
Rebooting for a Reason
Steve wasn't happy with the tech support advice of rebooting a computer. He feels better now.
Datamarts and exploratory analysis using Power BI
During Build 2022, Microsoft announced a new feature, Datamarts for Power BI. MVP Dennes Torres explains this new feature and provides and example.
DevOps 101: Unlock the value of frequent deployments with Database DevOps
Frequent deployments can give you greater flexibility in meeting changing business requirements, but if code quality is poor this may cause major headaches for your customers and your whole organization. Join Microsoft Data Platform MVP, and AWS Community Builder Grant Fritchey to discover the benefits of, and best practices for frequent deployments.
Monitoring Azure Blob Storage
Learn about how you can monitor your Azure Storage account and set alerts to let you know when to take action.
Blogs
T-SQLTuesday 204: Are blogs still relevant?
This month’s blogging party is hosted by Jeff Ianucci – his challenge is to...
Are Blogs Still Relevant? I Think They Still Are.
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
Reading Blogs: T-SQL Tuesday #204
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
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Question of the Day
Switching Schemas I
I run this query:
SELECT s.name AS schemaname , o.name AS objectname FROM sys.objects o INNER JOIN sys.schemas s ON s.schema_id = o.schema_id WHERE o.name = 'Beer'I get one row back for an object named dbo.beer. There is an ETL schema and both of these are nonpartitioned tables. I run this code:
ALTER TABLE dbo.beer switch TO etl.beerWhat happens? See possible answers