The 2020 Data Professional Salary Survey Results Are In.
We asked what you make, and 1,734 of you in 63 countries answered. Altogether, you made $170,753,936 this year. Damn, y’all are bringing home the bacon!
Re-oiling the gears for the data dictionary or catalog
Documentation is never a favorite task for developers. This article describes how you can use database system catalogs to make generating column descriptions less labor-intensive and also jump start a data dictionary or catalog.
Two Important ‘ONLINE’ Column-Level Operations in SQL Server
Today Kendra talks about two of the online options used when working with indexes.
Going Serverless with Azure SQL Database
Microsoft has a new virtual core offering of Azure SQL database called serverless and this offering optimizes the price performance tradeoff and simplifies performance management for databases with intermittent and unpredictable usage.
The Need for a Data Catalog
In the event of a breach of personal data, any organization must produce proof that they understand what data they hold and where, and how it is being used, and that they have enforced the required standards for access control and security. To make all this possible, it is essential to build a complete model of the data and its lineage, and a data catalog is the first step in this process.
Dynamically process SSAS Cube from SSIS package
Learn how you can modify an SSIS package to dynamically process SSAS cubes.
Insert and Delete SQL Server Data with Views
In this tip we look at how to insert and delete data via SQL Server views.
Blogs
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
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Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
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T-SQL Tuesday #197 Invitation – An impactful session or two from a conference
By DataOnWheels
I am delighted to host this month’s T-SQL Tuesday invitation. If you are new...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The day-to-day pressures of a...
Daily aggregation of Azure Blob Storage by tier (created/tier-change/deleted)
Hello all, I’m looking for advice on how to derive a daily snapshot table...
SQL 2017 to SQL 2025. Good to Go ?
We need to replace our Windows server running SQL 2017. Any reason not to...
Question of the Day
Using OPENJSON
I have some data in a table that looks like this:
BeerID BeerName brewer beerdescription 1 Becks Interbrew Beck's is a German-style pilsner beer 2 Fat Tire New Belgium Toasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. 3 Mac n Jacks Mac & Jack's Brewery This beer erupts with a floral, hoppy taste 4 Alaskan Amber Alaskan Brewing Alaskan Brewing Amber Ale is an "alt" style beer 8 Kirin Kirin Brewing Kirin Ichiban is a Lager-type beerIf I run this, what is returned?
select t1.[key]
from openjson((select t.* FROM Beer AS t for json path)) t1 See possible answers