Stairway to U-SQL Level 3: Processing Multiple Files With U-SQL
In part 3 of the U-SQL Stairway, we look at how multiple files can be processed with a single U-SQL statement.
Splitting a SQL Server Table Over Multiple Files
In this tip we look at how to move SQL Server tables from one filegroup to another filegroup.
Oops, I deleted that data
We all have these days as a DBA, hopefully they are few and far between for most of us. This morning I walked into the office and found a stack of emails saying that a developer had responded to a support ticket and modified the values in one of our tables and got it wrong. OK, […]
Rogue Software Changes
Today Steve Jones wonders if software developers would make changes to software on their own, without direction from management.
Planning for SAP HANA Deployments in Public Cloud Environments
Learn about the factors that should be taken into account if you are considering hosting SAP HANA in a public cloud.
Recreating Databases from Scratch with SQL Change Automation
Phil Factor starts with the basics how to rebuild a set of development database from scratch, using SQL Change Automation, and then demonstrates how to check for any active sessions before rebuilding, import test data using BCP, and secure passwords if connecting to the target with SQL Server credentials.
Contracting for Work
The decision to work for yourself instead of full time for an organization can be a hard one.
Establishing a DevOps Organisation
DevOps might sound intimidating if your organisation has not yet begun on its DevOps journey. In this article, Rahul Varshneya explains some of the benefits and reviews the stages all DevOps organisations go through to achieve it.
Using the SQL Compare command line with Argfiles
Phil Factor demonstrates how using XML argfiles to pass parameters to SQL Compare cuts out a lot of the tedious scripting involved in modifying a database schema comparison and deployment process, as required for each target database.
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Microsoft Fabric Data Agents: Bringing Structured and Unstructured Data Together
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Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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