Creating or Altering an Objects with a Single Statement
Do you get tired of having your CREATE PROCEDURE statement failing if the stored procedure already exists? If you are like me then you probably hate this as much as I do.
What Percent Complete Is That Index Build?
SQL Server 2019 has introduced several new features that offer improved performance. The optimizer continues to evolve and get smarter.
The Next Data Decade
There are lots of predictions that people make at the start of every year. I've written quite a few over the years, but in 2020 I decided not to make any. After all, there are plenty of other people making them. One person that did make some was Jeff Clarke, COO of Dell. He wrote […]
What’s changed for database monitoring this year?
Have your say on the state of database monitoring in 2020. In this latest blog, Redgate’s Jamie Wallis reviews what we discovered from last year’s survey and how you can define the insights for 2020. Tell us and you can get early access to the report plus be entered for a chance to win a $500 Amazon voucher. Read the blog to find out more:
Create Custom Functions in Power Query
Introduction Often at times, you may come across situations where you need to calculate a column repeatedly multiple times in the same Power BI report or across multiple reports. Although you can use the calculated columns to some extent, these are not robust and not reusable. In order to reuse the same piece of code, […]
Tracking Underlying Object Changes in Views
Views in SQL Server are used to simplify writing queries and managing security, but’s it’s easy for views to eventually get out of sync with the underlying tables. In this article, Edward Pollack shows how to overcome this problem.
A Data Science Approach in Product Analytics
A significant part of product development is A/B testing. Simply put, this is where companies and product managers test to see a new version of their product versus the older one to make sure it’s worth publishing their features to the entire user base. In order to do this, an A/B test needs to be set […]
Getting Started with CQRS – Part 3
Diogo Souza completes his series on CQRS. He demonstrates Event Sourcing to capture the data as it flows through the system which can then be analyzed without affecting the source.
Blogs
Finding Balance: Things Will Come Up
By Steve Jones
I have a presentation on finding balance in your career that got quite a...
Who Are You Doing It For?
By Brian Kelley
But as I've matured over the years, I came to realize that I needed...
Presenting Twice in May 2026
By alevyinroc
I will be presenting my latest session, Documenting Your Work for Worry-Free Vacations, in-person...
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The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Migrate SSRS Reports to PowerBI Report Server in SQL Server 2025
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Identities and Sequences III
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences III
When thinking of the Identity property for auto incrementing columns and sequences for the same action, which can be used with the BIGINT data type?
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