SQL Server Synonyms
SQL Server synonyms can be used to permanently alias database objects in the same or another database. In this article, Greg Larsen demonstrates how to use synonyms and the many reasons to consider using them.
Chopping Off Data
An ETL issue with Excel causes issues, because the users didn't realize a limitation.
Bringing Data Catalog into your CI/CD pipeline
As business rules shift and data structures change, organizations need to be able to maintain and update their data catalog. Discover how you can implement an automated solution using PowerShell and Redgate’s SQL Change Automation.
Orchestrating Azure Databricks Notebooks with Azure Data Factory
Learn how to orchestrate your Databricks notebooks through Azure Data Factory in this article with a step by step walkthrough.
Responding to the Call of the Wild
Phil Factor's manual for taming machines, applications, and other wild beasts.
Career Goals and Inspiration
Steve asks what you might want to achieve or accomplish in your career.
Count the Number of Weekend Days between Two Dates
Handling weekends can be tricky in SQL. This article shows you how to Count the Number of Weekend Days between Two Dates
Dynamic Data Unmasking
The SQL Server 2016 dynamic data masking feature may seem like a great way to obfuscate data for downstream systems like dev and QA. Joe Obbish shows us that the data can be “unmasked” with T-SQL statements, so it’s not secure against anyone who can write their own queries.
Getting Started with Gremlin
Apache TinkerPop is an open source graph computing framework. A graph computing network is a set of vertices and edges in the network. If we compare a graph database to traditional relational databases, we can assume that every row in a table of a relational database is equivalent to a vertex in graph network. Similarly, […]
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Change Tracking Data Retention Options
If I am running this code:
ALTER DATABASE AdventureWorks2017 SET CHANGE_TRACKING = ON (CHANGE_RETENTION=4 xxx);What are the possible choices for xxx? See possible answers