Phil Factor demonstrates how to use SQL Clone to create 'disposable' SQL Server databases, for development and testing work. You can spin up a clone, use it to unit test your code, messing up the clone in the process, then reset the clone in seconds, ready for the next test.
In this tip we look at how to use Common Table Expressions CTE in SQL Server including the syntax, use cases, using more than 1 CTE at the same time and recursive CTEs with a parameter.
This article will explain and help to create and deploy ARM templates using the Azure portal. When Azure was first created, Azure resources were managed using the Azure service management (ASM), which is also known as “Classic”. Now this has been replaced and is called the Azure resource manager (ARM) API. ARM is the deployment […]
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SQL Server has many tools used to make it secure. In this article, Robert Sheldon demonstrates several of these features including SQL Server Configuration Manager and the Vulnerability Assessment tool.
Just as you write a unit test before writing the code, so you must devise the means to monitor a database, to ensure its smooth operation, before creating the database.
This will allow you to create "Data-Driven" subscriptions on your Standard SQL Server version.
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Andy look sat the ways in which we might solve problems and become better over time.
Wanna make your SQL Server applications go faster? Here are 9 simple tips that will give you a better chance for success. They’re not carved in stone, but they’re a good place to start.
There is a constant pressure in software delivery to release at speed and often. However, there is no sense in delivering fast if what you deliver contains errors or is of no value to the customer. Our latest blog explains how database unit testing can set your team up for valued software delivery.
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In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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