What Is Good Database Design?

Find out how good database design is essential to ensure data accuracy, consistency, and integrity and that databases are efficient, reliable, and easy to use.

Integrating Python with MongoDB

This article gives an overview of MongoDB and outlines steps to integrate python with MongoDB

The SQL Developer Experience: Beyond RDBMS

Microsoft has built an amazing platform with Azure SQL Database and has recently announced an offer to use this for free. Read about the capabilities and options with this cloud database platform.

New Microsoft Sandbox Uses Natural Language LLMs for SQL Queries

Parsing a Pairs of Values in a String While Preserving Order

Learn how you can parse a series of parameters that are passed in a string of tuples, meaning pairs, of values and preserve order without using STRING_SPLIT with the ordinal parameter.

Decision Tree - Credit Card Fraud Detection

Credit card fraud detection is an important application of machine learning techniques, including Decision Trees. The goal is to identify and detect fraudulent transactions and separate them from valid transactions to prevent financial loss and protect user accounts.

The Basics of Using GENERATE_SERIES()

This article shows how GENERATE_SERIES can be used with a few practical examples and a warning on parameters.

Alternatives To SQL Server 2022 Built-in function GREATEST

If you haven’t already heard, SQL Server 2022 introduced a new built-in system function called GREATEST. Simply put, it is to a set of columns, variables, expressions etc. what the MAX function is to a set of values (i.e., rows) of a single column or expression.

SQL Athena Introduction - How it works, Use Cases and Advantages

Learn about Amazon Athena, how it works, why you would use it, and some of the advantages of Athena over traditional relational databases.

Different Ways to Populate the List of Tables

This article shows how you can query different types of tables, based on certain criteria that may be important to you. A good list of basics for any database administrator that will help you find tables in your database.