Customizing the Default Azure Data Studio Dashboards
Explore the Azure Data Studio dashboards and see how to customize one of these dashboards to include a new widget.
The SQL Server LAG Function
The LAG function can really improve performance over the old double JOIN.
Versatile or Jack of all trades
Do you consider multi-skills useful; or just one with mastery in it?
Creating Measures Using DAX
In the first article in this series, Andy Brown demonstrated how to create calculated columns in Power BI using the DAX language. This second article in the series explains what measures are, and how you can use DAX to create measures within Power BI. The formulae in the article apply equally well to PowerPivot and Analysis Services Tabular Model.
Manipulating Filetable Files Programatically
Learn how you can work with FileTable files from T-SQL as an alternative to the drag and drop methods of using Windows Explorer
Do Functions Stop You From Using Indexes?
If you have a function in the WHERE clause, you might have heard you can't use indexes. That's not entirely correct.
Logging SQL and Change-Tracking Events in EF Core
Julie Lerman introduces you to the new logging APIs in .NET Core, concentrating on SQL and change-tracking events, with a focus on providers that output to the console and the debugger.
Saving Data to Various Formats, Using SQL
You have many options when exporting data from a database. In this article, Phil Factor compares several methods including XML and array-in-array JSON for speed and file size.
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Multiple Escape Characters
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reaching ftp thru winscp but erroring in ssis ftp task connection
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Question of the Day
Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned? See possible answers