Azure DWH part 9: Azure PHP and ASDW
In this new Azure Data Warehouse article, we will show how to insert data and retrieve it using PHP.
Listening and Taking Action
Microsoft has changed SQL Server in response to the community. Read about some of the enhancements.
Step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2016 on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster - Part 4
Continuing his series covering a step-by-step Installation of SQL Server 2016 on a Windows Server 2016 Failover Cluster, Edwin Sarmiento looks at adding a node to an existing SQL Server 2016 failover clustered instance (FCI).
Webinar: Extending DevOps practices to SQL Server databases
In this free demo webinar, Steve Jones and Arneh Eskandari will show how Redgate’s database DevOps solution works to improve your database development and deployment processes. With a focus on using Team Foundation Server (TFS) work items, the webinar will demonstrate how Redgate tools plug into TFS, TFS Build, and Microsoft Release Management. Register now.
Forecasting with SQL
Can you use SQL Server to extrapolate out trends from your data? Lots of companies would have you buy a BI solution instead, but new author Mark Wojciechowicz brings us a great example of how you could forecast something in T-SQL.
Pseudonymisation
Pseudonymisation is a form of data masking, a technique that becomes more important to data professionals all the time.
Registration Now Open for SQL Cruise Alaska in August 2017
It’s been a while since SQL Cruise has been in Alaska, but come August 12 2017 we are returning in a big way for our 13th event since our founding in 2010, bringing one of the most sought-after minds in Microsoft SQL Server for a week of instruction, conversation, and insight: Bob Ward. The SQL […]
Do you use Visual Studio Code?
Visual Studio Code is rapidly gaining in popularity, but is it all it could be, or is there room for improvement? Redgate is embarking on some research to better understand how you are using this lightweight editor, and where it can be improved. Have your say by filling in this short survey!
Installing SQL Server Agent on Ubuntu Server
Manvendra Singh explains how to install SQL Server Agent on an Ubuntu server, so that you can create SQL Server Agent Jobs to schedule repetitive tasks.
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Question of the Day
SQL Server, Heaps and Fragmentation
A table without a clustered index (heap) will NOT suffer from fragmentation during frequent updates or deletes. True or False?
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