Logging Tables

Today Steve Jones looks at the need to log data from an application or process. Are there good and bad ways to design the structures to log information?

Managing Recursive Group on SSRS Reporting Services Reports

Learn how to implement a report that recursively walks a hierarchy in a table.

Set yourself up for success in 2020

Is DevOps central to your 2020 IT Digital transformation? How does your IT strategy underpin the business objectives? Read our latest blog to ensure you’re ready for success next year.

Using Five Types of JOIN in MYSQL

Learn how to use the different types of joins available in a MySQL database.

Custom Schemas

This Friday Steve Jones looks at schemas as a grouping mechanism in SQL Server.

Make SQL Server monitoring part of your deployment process for 2020

As we approach 2020, demand for more frequent deployments continues to rise. With this, management of SQL Server availability needs to evolve.

Now’s the time to consider how SQL Server monitoring could improve your deployment performance. In this whitepaper, learn how SQL Server monitoring can help your development and DBA teams work together to remove bottlenecks and enable faster, more reliable deployments.

What Does PERCENTILE_CONT Do?

In this article, Kathi Kellenberger takes on a logic puzzle in trying to understand how the windowing function, PERCENTILE_CONT, works.

A Faster tempdb

I like to call tempdb the “workhorse” of SQL Server. I’ve heard some other people call it other terms that were not so flattering, but since I like to keep things positive, I’ll stick with workhorse. SQL Server uses tempdb for many things. The obvious uses are temp tables and table variables, but tempdb is […]

A Mindset Shift

Microsoft has grown and changed their culture in the last few years, which greatly impresses Steve.

Challenge Your Code Design

How to structure your T-SQL
objects and incorporate design principles.