Recruiting DBAs for DevOps
DBAs are in great demand, but what if you are recruiting a DBA for DevOps? Mike Cuppett explains how to hire and train the right DBA for the job.
PostgreSQL WHERE, ORDER BY, and GROUP BY Clauses
Overview A database clause is a conditional statement used to filter data from the database. There are various database clauses available in PostgreSQL, like Where, Order By, Group By, Having, Distinct, Limit, Fetch. In this first chapter of the tutorial we will cover Where, Order By, Group By clauses with suitable example. WHERE Clause The […]
Storage 101: RAID
RAID has been around since the 90s to ensure performance and reliability of storage. Robert Sheldon explains the history and theory behind RAID.
Stairway to SQLCLR Level 6: Development Tools Intro
This time we look at the commonly used tools for doing SQLCLR development: Visual Studio (VS), SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT), and SQL Server Express LocalDB (LocalDB).
The Ease of Containers
Containers have changed how to develop and deploy software. They haven't caught on with databases as much, but Steve thinks this will change.
Getting Data In and Out of SQL Server Flyway Builds
Phil Factor provides SQL routines to extract data from and load data into a SQL Server database, using BCP, and then a PowerShell automation script that uses Flyway to automatically build a database, from scratch and then fill it with data, ready for testing.
T-SQL Tips and Tricks
In this article learn some TSQL tips and tricks working with CTEs, UPDATES, Window Functions, Duplicate Rows, Tally Tables and Concatenating string values in SQL Server
Distributed SQL Databases
There are new platforms out there that promise a distributed SQL relational database. Steve talks about a few today.
Reading a Specific File from an S3 bucket Using Python
This article shows how you can read data from a file in S3 using Python to process the list of files and get the data.
Blogs
Local LLM Models at SQL Saturday Boston 2025
By Steve Jones
I’m starting a long trip at Boston this weekend. I’ll be there Saturday speaking,...
3 things you must do to start data quality management right
As a data & AI strategist who’s seen countless projects succeed and fail, I...
Set Theory vs. Batch Mode in SQL Server
By SQLPals
Set Theory vs. Batch Mode in SQL Server Not long ago,...
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Question of the Day
Changing the Recovery Time
I want to change the recovery time for a database running on SQL Server 2022. What are my options for setting the value in my ALTER DATABASE statement. If I run this code, what can I use in place of the xxx to define what 12 means?
ALTER DATABASE Finance SET TARGET_RECOVERY_TIME = 12 xxx;See possible answers