Migrating Column Level Encryption from 2008R2 to Azure SQL Database
A migration to Azure is stuck because of an encryption change in SQL Server. Learn how to get around this by using a certificate for encryption.
Run Queries Across Many Data Sources at Once with the CData Query Federation Driver
The CData Query Federation Driver, allows you to federate and aggregate data across drivers as a single database connection. You can combine the Query Federation Driver with other CData JDBC Drivers or CData ADO.NET Providers to access all your SaaS, Big Data, and NoSQL sources as if they were one database. You can query or update data from a single […]
Dealing with Failed SQL Migrations in MariaDB or MySQL
This article explains the fastest ways to restore the previous version of the database, to recover from a failed Flyway migration that leaves the database in an indeterminate state, and then how to adapt your database development process to avoid these problems.
How to Create a FOR Loop in SQL Server
Learn different ways to create FOR Loops using T-SQL such as using WHILE loops, cursors, tally tables and more.
A Day in the Life of a SQL Server Data Architect
This article looks at what an average day of a SQL Server Data Architect looks like and some of the things you would need to as a Data Architect.
DBAs at work #3: The finance company Manager DBA
Want an insight into how your fellow DBAs work? This episode features Kevin Davis, Manager of Database Administration at Tower Loan, a consumer finance company with 250 branches across the US.
Views in SQL Server 2019 with SSMS
This article explores how to create and use views in SQL Server 2019 using SSMS.
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences I
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which are explicitly linked to increment a number in a table when a new row is added?
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