What Does the Near-Future of PowerShell & SQL Server Look Like? An Interview with Ken Van Hyning
Ken Van Hyning is the Engineering Manager for the SQL Server tools, including SQLPS.
Row Level Security with SQL Server 2016
Have you ever wanted an easier way to provide security at the record level? If so, you can now easily do this with the Row Level Security feature that is being introduced with SQL Server 2016. Greg Larsen shows you how easy it is to use this new feature as a way to provide user access to a specific set of records.
Exporting Azure Data Factory (ADF) into TFS Source Control
Have you created a Data Factory in Azure and are wondering how to get it into TFS and source control? This article will show you how.
SQL Server System Functions: The Basics
Every SQL Server Database programmer needs to be familiar with the System Functions. These range from the sublime (such as @@rowcount or @@identity) to the ridiculous (IsNumeric()) Robert Sheldon provides an overview of the most commonly used of them.
sp_msforeachdb: Improving on an Undocumented Stored Procedure
Have you ever wanted to run a query across every database on a server with the convenience of a stored procedure? If so, Microsoft provided a stored procedure to do so. It’s unreliable, outdated, and somewhat obfuscated, though. Let’s improve on it!
T-SQL Window Function Speed Phreakery: The FIFO Stock Inventory Problem
Sometimes, in the quest for raw SQL performance, you are forced to sacrifice legibility and maintainability of your code, unless you then document your code lavishly. Phil Factor's SQL Speed Phreak challenge produced some memorable code, but can SQL features introduced since then help to produce code that performs as well and is also easy to understand? Kathi Kellenberger investigates.
Data Mining Part 37: The Data Mining query transformation task
This new chapter will show you how to work with the SSIS Data Mining Query Transformation Task
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