Using Query Store to Identify CPU Intensive SQL Queries and Creating Proper Indexes
Learn how to use SQL Server Query Store to identify what resources are using CPU to help fine-tune queries and reduce the processing load.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
I remember going to the theater over the Thanksgiving holiday in 1987 and seeing Planes, Trains, and Automobiles with Steve Martin and John Candy. My family didn’t often take in the holiday weekend movie releases, but Steve was a family favorite actor already, and friends had given it a good review. Having watched it just […]
A Programmer's Attitude
The way we approach development can have a big impact on quality, as well as how smoothly our team works together.
Deleting Documents from a MongoDB Collection
So far in this series, we’ve looked at different ways that you can add, retrieve, and update documents in a MongoDB collection. This article continues that discussion by explaining how to use MongoDB Shell to delete documents from a collection.
Cloud vs On-premises
Is the cloud better or worse for a workload? One company, BlueSky, has moved on-premises despite their rapidly growing workload.
Updating a Cryptographic Provider for EKM with Azure Key Vault - Level 5 of the Stairway to TDE
This next level of the Stairway to TDE shows how to upgrade your EKM cryptographic provider.
Configure Microsoft Fabric Database Mirroring for Snowflake
In this tip, we explore how to configure mirroring for a Snowflake database to be available in Microsoft Fabric.
Four steps towards tackling the complexity of managing multiple database platforms
79% of us are now using two of more database platforms - fantastic for leveraging a range of benefits, but not so great when it comes to levels of complexity. Looking for ways to overcome this? Here are four steps to take towards multi-database simplicity.
Exploring Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for Butterfly Image Generation
Exploring Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for Butterfly Image Generation to gain some understanding of how this class of Artificial Intelligence technologies work.
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URL Safe or Not?
If I use BASE4_ENCODE() in SQL Server 2025, is the output URL Safe by default?
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