Mail Fails with SQLCMD Error
I had a SQL Server job that kept failing with sqlcmd error and this describes how I resolved it.
Microsoft and R
R is an interesting language and one that might become more important to data professionals in the future. Microsoft is also making an investment here.
How to get Database Design Horribly Wrong
Database Design is one of those tasks where you have to carefully get all the major aspects right. If you mess-up just one of these, it can all go horribly wrong. So what are these aspects that can ruin database design, and how can you get them right? Robert Sheldon explains.
SQL Saturday #364 - Boston, MA
SQL Saturday is coming to Boston on April 18th 2015. Join us for a free day of SQL Server training and networking, and listen to great speakers like Grant Fritchey, Brent Ozar, and Andy Leonard. Register while space is available.
Using the ROLLUP, CUBE, and GROUPING SETS Operators
Greg Larsen discusses the ROLLUP, CUBE and GROUPING SETS operators. These operators are used with the GROUP BY clause and allow you to create subtotals, grand totals and superset of subtotals. Read on to find out more about these additional GROUP BY operators.
What is Behaviour Driven (Database) Development?
Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) is not always clearly understood, and the term is particularly unfamiliar in database circles. Seb Rose introduces us to the fundamentals of BDD, and make some suggestions for how it might be relevant to database development.
Computational Biologist
A job Steve Jones has never heard of is using data to improve medical treatments.
Converting to data-driven code
How converting extensive, repetitive code to a data-driven approach resolved a maintenance headache and helped identify bugs
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Question of the Day
Distance Metric Algorithms
What are the distance metric algorithms that can be used in VECTOR_DISTANCE()?
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