A Christmas Bug
A bug in American Airlines scheduling could impact travelers, but certainly will impact their bottom line.
The Appearance of the Flat File Wizard.
After many barren years, Phil Factor is pleased to see the first signs of Spring in SSMS.
Importing JSON Data from Web Services and Applications into SQL Server
To support many applications, it makes sense for the database to work with JSON data, because it is the built-in way for a JavaScript or TypeScript application to represent object data. It can mean less network traffic, looser coupling, and less need for the application developer to require full access to the base tables of the database. However, it means that the database must do plenty of checks first before importing. Phil Factor explains how it can be easily done.
Even More SQL Server Features that Time Forgot
SQL Server works well, and Microsoft does everything it can to keep it relevant and competitive: As with everything in real life, it doesn't don't always get it completely right, and Rob Sheldon continues his quest through the jungle of past features to rediscover and explore the ones that time forgot. Here, he comes across Lightweight Pooling, XML Indexes, Stretch Databases, SQL Variants, Transaction Savepoints and In-Memory OLTP.
Certifying Schools
Schools don't necessarily teach people how to code, but they could do a better job.
Free Database Unit-Testing Framework for SQL Server
Learn how to implement an advanced and cost-effective database unit-testing framework with tSQLt in SQL Server Management Studio.
Simple SQL: Handling Location Datatypes
How do you record locations in SQL? Most relational database systems support spatial and geographical data, generally using the round-earth system based on the SQL specification of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC). However, this is not the only approach, as Joe Celko explains.
We Need DevOps for Performance
CosmosDB has ways to tune performance based on throttle metrics. We probably need some DevOps style feedback and adjustment for relational systems.
What to Do When You Get a “Cache is Out of Date” Error Message
Greg Larsen shows how to fix the “cache is out of date” error message when SQL Server Management Studio starts up.
Blogs
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
T-SQL Tuesday #192: What career risks have you taken?
This T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by the one and only James Serra – literally...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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