Constant Integration
Apple buys a company every few weeks. The data integration for this must be a large effort.
Datatypes and the Default Mask with Dynamic Data Masking - Step 2 of the Stairway to Dynamic Data Masking
This article digs deeper into the ways that Dynamic Data Masking works with different data types.
What is interpolation?
In this article, Joe Celko explains interpolation and covers a bit about the history and what we all did before computers.
Generating Art
Using metadata to drive software is very useful, which means that having clean data and lots of metadata can help create better software.
Building reusable table build scripts using SQL Prompt
You need a fast, general-purpose way to save the results of a query or batch or procedure into any sort of worktable, such as a temporary table or a table variable or table valued parameter. A simple SELECT…INTO isn't versatile enough for these requirements, and the alternative ways to handcraft the list of columns are slow and error prone. Phil Factor shows how to create a 'table-build generator' that will do all this, and save you a lot of time, especially if you use a lot of working tables in your code.
Using Kerberos Configuration Manager for SPNs Validation
Learn how to manage and troubleshoot Kerberos authentication for SQL Server using the Kerberos Configuration Manager.
How Quickly We Forget
One of the interesting things about modern software is how updates are handled.
System-Versioned Temporal Tables - A Case Study
A short look at temporal tables and how to deal with the system generated historical tables.
Combine Multiple SQL Server Query Results with Registered Servers
Learn how to configure and use SQL Server Management Studio to do run the same query against many different SQL Servers and consolidate the results.
Customizations in SQL Prompt
In this brand new course on the Redgate University Grant Fritchey walks you through the many ways in which SQL Prompt can be customized to suit your specific needs.
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Question of the Day
Multiple Values Inserted
I have this code on SQL Server 2022. What happens when it runs all at once?
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.Commission GO CREATE TABLE dbo.Commission (id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT CommissionPK PRIMARY KEY , salesperson VARCHAR(20) , commission VARCHAR(20) ) GO INSERT dbo.Commission ( salesperson, commission) VALUES ( 'Brian', 12 ), ( 'Brian', 'None' ) GOSee possible answers