I used to think I knew everything. I felt like I had the world all figured out. But then, when I went to kindergarten, I realized that I didn't know much at all. As I grew older and finished college, I regained confidence in my knowledge and again felt like I knew everything about the […]
I got a new laptop recently and instead of installing SQL Server, I decided to try and use containers to see how well this works. This article looks at how I got this working relatively quickly. The short list of things I did is: Install Docker Desktop Create a location for data/logs/etc. Create a docker-compose […]
Learn about rounding values using T-SQL and how the ROUND function works compared to creating a user-defined function for bankers rounding.
This level looks in detail at what happens when we update or delete data from a clustered columnstore index, the impact it has on concurrent data access, and how without careful maintenance the efficiency of columnstore indexes can degrade over time.
I don’t get it. I’ve given this feature one chance after another, and every time, it takes a smoke break rather than showing up for work.
I would like to share my recent experience with Azure Data Factory (ADF) where AutoResolveIntegrationRuntime become corrupted and how did I recover it. I still don't know how the Integration Runtime (IR) was corrupted. However, if it happens, then this article will help you to solve the issue. Problem In general, the ADF AutoResolveIntegrationRuntime should […]
In this article, learn how to set the current fiscal month identity in a calendar table using DAX for Power BI when dealing with fiscal periods.
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How can I start SQL Server on Linux in single-user mode to restore the master database?
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