View R Plots from within SQL Server Management Studio
Describes how to view R plots in SSMS and gives a brief introduction to R plotting
Power BI Filter Pane
Data Filtering | Configurations - In this tip we look at a new feature in Power BI that allows users to filter data in Power BI reports using the new Filter Pane.
The Road to Database CI
One firm's journey on the road to mastering (or at least attempting) continuous database integration.
Accelerating Database Recovery with SQL Server 2019
Learn how to turn on and use newer SQL Server database recovery option called “Accelerated Database Recover”. Read on....
Finding Correlated Rows Using EXISTS or COUNT
Should you always use EXISTS rather than COUNT when checking for the existence of any correlating rows that match your criteria? Does the former really offer "superior performance and readability". Louis Davidson investigates.
How Do You Act When You Need to Learn New Technology?
Today we have a guest editorial from Ben Kubicek as Steve is away from the office. It is hard to be humble, but it is needs to learn something new.
Stairway to Biml Level 2: Biml Basics
The next step in the stairway to Biml teaches you how to build a basic SSIS package using the scripting language.
Introduction to DevOps: 10 Guidelines for Implementing DevOps
In this last article in the series, Robert Sheldon discusses ten guidelines that will help organisactions implement DevOps successfully.
Moving Encrypted Data to Azure SQL Database
Learn how you can move encrypted data from on premises SQL Server to Azure SQL Database.
Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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