Data Privacy and Security: The Implications of GDPR
There may be new changes to our jobs as data professionals because of GDPR in the European Union.
How Redgate helped define a truly automated database deployment process
At the end of 2016, Redgate interviewed Bob Walker, a Lead Application Developer, to find out how he went about setting up automated database deployments using Redgate tools, and also to find out what lessons he learned during the process - the highlights make for interesting reading. Read the interview write-up.
Using the DbFit Framework for Data Warehouse Regression Testing
It is ironic that the users of database application need to rely on the very technologists that created the system to then devise and run their acceptance tests. Surely someone has devised a test system for databases that is simple enough for ordinary tech-savvy people to use and for them to create the tests? Yes they have. Fitnesse DbFit is a mature product that can, and does, test SQL Server databases, and Nat Sundar explains how to set it up and do it.
Array Element by Agonizing Array Element
Iterations and loops are fundamental parts of computer science, but with SQL and PowerShell, we may want different programming paradigms.
Cardinality Estimation for a Predicate on a COUNT Expression
Paul White takes you on an optimizer journey, exploring how SQL Server comes up with cardinality estimates for COUNT queries.
Fixing an SSRS Password Error while Changing Credentials
SSRS Password error while changing credentials
Encrypting SQL Server: Dynamic Data Masking
Dynamic Data Masking is a good way of rendering data unreadable for such purposes as user-acceptance testing, or demonstrating an application. It doesn't encrypt the data, and a knowledgeable SQL user can defeat it. However it provides a simple way to administer from the database what data the various users of a database application can and can not see, making it a useful tool for the developer.
Azure DWH Part 8: Accessing Azure SQL Data Warehouse with C#
In this new article, we will learn how to access to our Azure DWH tables using C#.
Cracking the SQL Code
Checking for coding style and reviewing code is so much easier when using techniques and tools to help, as long as the tools are your slave, and not your master.
Blogs
Understanding Fabric Ontology
By James Serra
What problem is Fabric Ontology trying to solve? For years, most data conversations have...
QUOTENAME Basics: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
Recently I ran across some code that used a lot of QUOTENAME() calls. A...
When growing companies outgrow Excel
By ChrisJenkins
There are some telltale signs that your growing business has outgrown Excel for your...
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QUOTENAME Quote Parameters
When I use QUOTENAME(), I can optionally provide the character used to surround the string in the result. Can I use any character?
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