Phil Factor explains the factors that determine whether a column will allow null values, if you don't specify it explicitly in the column definition. If you rely on the default behavior established by your connection settings, you could be in for some nasty surprises.
Producing hierarchies from SQL tables can necessitate joining a table to itself. This article will explain how you can do this.
Today Steve asks what reasons a developer has for using stored procedures.
DAX contains a host of time-intelligence functions with exotic names such as SAMEPERIODLASTYEAR and PARALLELPERIOD. In the last article in this series, Andy Brown explains how to write measures using the range of date functions in DAX, and also explains how time-intelligence functions work behind the scenes.
This article will explain how to import the data classification metadata for a SQL Server database into Data Masker, providing a masking plan that you can use to ensure the protection of all this data. By applying the data masking operation as part of an automated database provisioning process, you make it fast, repeatable and auditable.
This article explains a way to use labels (last year, YTD, etc.) for report parameters.
A security breach at Microsoft is disconcerting, especially when they don't share details.
With over 2000 participants from every industry sector across the globe, the State of Database DevOps report will help shape the business case of any team looking to implement or improve their approach to database DevOps, no matter the platform they choose to work with. Including a foreword from Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman, Customer Success Engineer at Microsoft, discover the landscape of database DevOps for 2020.
While VMWare hosts mission critical SQL Server applications around the world, there are several configuration and design choices that can bring your databases to a grinding halt. Learn how to optimally configure & optimize SQL Servers running on VMWare
Learn how U-SQL views can hide complexity and use C# expressions, providing powerful ways to format and return your data.
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By default, how often is the SQL Server Database Engine checking for deadlocks?
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