DevOps Self-Service for Databases with SQL Clone
Phil Factor describes the freedom of being able to "self-serve" databases, during testing and development, and explains how it works with SQL Clone.
How to Use Parameters in PowerShell
Every DBA should have basic PowerShell skills. In this article, Greg Moore explains how to write a PowerShell script that takes parameters.
Which Service in Azure Should You Use for SQL?
I remember when Azure SQL Database was first released in 2010. Microsoft has tweaked the name a couple of times over the years, and back then it was called SQL Azure. The largest database you could create was just 50 GB, and there were quite a few restrictions, such as heaps not being supported. Since […]
Documenting with Tests
The idea of using more unit tests to improve code quality has been around for some time. However Steve Jones notes today that some people use tests for documentation.
Real-time moving averages for IoT with R
Computing an average over all your data is easy, but what if your data arrives incrementally and you need to be able to compute real-time averages on the fly? That's what we are going to look at.
SQL Server Security Part 2
In part one Chris Kempster covered a variety of security recommendations primarily for production systems. In Part two of this series he continues to explore security at a variety of levels where you may not realize you are vulnerable.
Database Build Blockers: Cross-Server Database Dependencies
Phil Factor demonstrates how to tackle builds when databases make cross-server references. The technique uses synonyms to represent the remote objects, and local 'stub' objects to overcome the problems caused by 'missing references' when building the individual objects.
Entity Framework Core Raw SQL Queries Examples
In this article we look at how to run SQL Server queries with Entity Framework Core using the DbSet.FromSql method, parameterized queries, stored procedures and using the Database.ExecuteSqlCommand property.
Getting a List of the Striped Backup Files
If you have a list of striped backup files, how can you find the latest backup set? Steve Jones uses dbatools and PowerShell to automate this process.
Blogs
Why Database AI Agents need Layers?
By Arun Sirpal
Third part in my Ai series with databases. When building AI solutions within the...
Un-Migrating From the Cloud: T-SQL Tuesday #199
By Steve Jones
This month we have a very interesting invitation from Koen Verbeeck. He has hosted...
T-SQL Tuesday #199: Back to the on-prem
It’s the second tuesday of the month, which means T-SQL Tuesday time! This month’s...
Forums
Unable to restrict permission
I have 13 restricted views in my EDW DB. 6 of them are created...
Install SQL Scripts via GUI Wizard
Hallo all! My problem is this: I have quite a bunch of TSQL scripts...
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Question of the Day
Converting Money
Does this run successfully on a SQL Server 2022, US English default installation?
DECLARE @YenAmount MONEY; SET @YenAmount = ¥1500; SELECT @YenAmount AS RawValue;See possible answers