Naming Conventions for the Cloud
Today Steve Jones looks at how you might track the various items you use in the cloud.
Today Steve Jones looks at how you might track the various items you use in the cloud.
The network is important to any DBA because so much performance is dependent on I/O, because of the importance of security, and ensuring that everyone get the right access. DBAs generally need not become experts in Azure networks, but it helps to understand the concepts and language. If you are running a SQL Server Virtual Machine in Azure, then VNets, Subnets, Network Security Groups, VNet peering and VPN gateways are all worth knowing about in order to to keep SQL Servers running smoothly.
You can use SQL Doc’s command-line parameters to automate database documentation, but when you try with a group of databases on a server, they sometimes don’t give you enough control over the job. Phil Factor provides a solution that allows both automation and flexibility.
In this new Azure Data Warehouse article, we will show how to insert data and retrieve it using PHP.
Microsoft has changed SQL Server in response to the community. Read about some of the enhancements.
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).
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.
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.
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hi everyone I am not sure how to write the query that will produce...
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I have some data in a table:
CREATE TABLE #test_data
(
id INT PRIMARY KEY,
name VARCHAR(100),
birth_date DATE
);
-- Step 2: Insert rows
INSERT INTO #test_data
VALUES
(1, 'Olivia', '2025-01-05'),
(2, 'Emma', '2025-03-02'),
(3, 'Liam', '2025-11-15'),
(4, 'Noah', '2025-12-22');
If I run this query, how many rows are returned?
SELECT *
FROM OPENJSON(
(
SELECT t.* FROM #test_data AS t FOR JSON PATH
)
) t; See possible answers