Introduction You often need to check the performance of a PostgreSQL query you just wrote to look for some way to improve performance. In order to do this, you need a report of the query execution, which is called the execution plan). The query execution plan gives you the entire summary of the query execution […]
Spending time on low value tasks isn't often worth the cost for highly paid employees.
This article is an interesting approach to solving a data transformation problem in SQL and Scala. Shel Burkow uses a SQL execution plan for software design.
Some people think every IT department is unique. While that might be literally true, Steve doesn't think that is actually the case.
Authentication is the first step in letting a principal get access to an instance of SQL Server, essentially resolving the question, Who are you? In this stairway level you’ll learn about the basics of authentication and the authentication options available. This level covers logins and users and you’ll learn about the password policies that can help strengthen SQL Server authentication.
In this article we look at how to securely store data in text files that could be used for SQL Server authentication or wherever you need to keep data secure.
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The transformation of a way of working is hard, but it's important to realize this is more than just technology. This also includes people.
In this article, we examine the support for non-SQL languages in Azure Data Studio, primarily PoSh and Python.
Learn about the differences and similarities when deleting data from SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL with the several examples in this article.
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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?