PowerShell editors and environments part 2
In this article, Greg Moore demonstrates two additional PowerShell editors: Azure Data Studio Notebooks and Visual Studio Code.
Reading Stored Procedure Output Parameters in Azure Data Factory
This article will help you to work with Store Procedure with output parameters in Azure data factory.
Removing SA from Azure SQL Database
Azure SQL Database is getting the ability to turn off SQL authentication.
3 steps to get started with Database DevOps
Once you’ve committed to changing your culture in order to automate your database deployments, what’s next? You’ve already done the hard part, making the decision to shift the culture. In this blogpost, Grant Fritchey explores three steps you can take next to begin your Database DevOps journey.
Where I See Databases Going in the Next 10 Years
This month, to mark the 20th anniversary of BrentOzar.com, Brent steps back and looks at the big picture.
Maintenance Windows
Is it better to ask forgiveness than permission? Some people take that approach to maintenance windows, but that isn't permissible in the cloud.
Migrating SSIS packages to Azure - Lift and Shift using Azure Data Factory
Unlike an on premises SQL Server, Integration Services (SSIS) works very differently on Azure. If there are requirements to run our existing SSIS packages on Azure, then we need to understand our options. In this article we will talk about our options for migrating SSIS to Azure and what components are required to migrate SSIS packages. […]
Cherry-picking Migrations using Flyway
Describing the two main use cases for occasional "cherry picking" of Flyway database migration scripts: back-filling emergency production hotfixes to version control and managing parallel development streams.
Query Audit data in Azure SQL Database using Kusto Query Language (KQL)
In this article we look at how you can user the Kusto Query Language (KQL) for querying Azure SQL Database audit data.
Malleable Source Control
Git has proved to be a better fit to the needs and workflow of a database development team than anything that came before. Git is valuable because it encourages branching and merging, giving more choice in the way that your team can work. Due to the ease with which you can adapt Git, there is […]
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If you want to learn better, pause more in your learning to intentionally review.
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The Long Name
I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?