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
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Flyway with MariaDB for Those of a Nervous Disposition
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Learn about SQL Joins on Multiple Columns
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CData Connect: Derived Views and Query Federation
Enterprise-scale data integration demands scalable tools to not only centralize and curate data at scale, but also efficiently explore and analyze data at large-scale. CData Connect solves the challenge of data exploration and discovery through virtualized connectivity to data distributed across many data sources. In this article, we explore the Derived Views and Query Federation features […]
Query Performance Diagnostics with sp_PerfSQ
This article discusses sp_PerfSQ a diagnostic tool designed to quantify performance features of database queries with active requests. It includes a behavioural parser and can assist in troubleshooting complex performance issues.
Bulk Loading Data via a PowerShell Script in Flyway
How to quickly and automatically bulk load test data once Flyway Teams completes a database migration. A baseline migration script creates the empty database version, which then triggers a PowerShell callback script that bulk loads in the right version of the data. It is a very fast way to provision multiple copies of a specific database version, complete with data, for ad-hoc or automated testing.
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Multiple Sequence Values
How do I easily get the next 12 sequence values from a sequence object?
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