From the time you rise in the morning until you close your eyes at night, your day is filled with thousands of small decisions, many that you don’t even think about. For each decision that you make, there is a probably a good choice and a poor choice available. Most of the time, the good […]
Security is often considered the most important of a database administrator's responsibilities. SQL Server has many powerful features for security and protecting data, but planning and effort are required to properly implement them. In this article, the first of a series, Robert Sheldon reviews the many components available to secure and protect SQL Server databases.
General introduction to R Services in SQL Server 2016 and how R server works with external stored procedure.
Disaster recovery is one of those situations that we plan for and hope we never experience. Are you prepared?
Erik Darling loves query store, but he really hates the default capture mode.
The RDBMS works great for many situations, but is it ever fast enough to meet all your needs?
There is a myth that DDL statements can't be rolled back. This article tests and debunks the myth.
In this second article of the series, Diogo Souza walks you through creating the MongoDB code, the query side of the pattern, to complete the CQRS configuration.
Azure SQL Data Warehouse gets some improvements, and Steve has a few comments.
One thing I’ve always loved about the Scooby-Doo cartoon is that he never solved...
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Flexibility and Scale at the Database Level When SQL Server 2012 introduced Availability Groups...
Setting page visibility and the active page are often overlooked last steps when publishing...
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What happens if you run the following code in SQL Server 2022+?
declare @t1 table (id int); insert into @t1 (id) values (NULL), (1), (2), (3); select count(*) from @t1 where @t1.id is distinct from NULL;See possible answers