Apology for today's article
We'd like to apologize to Gavin Draper who was plagiarized in an article published today.
Bad Meetings or Meeting Badly
Meetings are a part of modern corporate work that many of us despise. However is that because
But, but, but, my data is clean!
Gail Shaw on the challenges of trying to extract meaningful data from a database containing customers who have the name 'Dummy **DO NOT USE**''.
Introduction to SQL Server in Microsoft Azure
The convenience, competitive pricing, resiliency, and ease of maintenance of the SQL Database Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering hosted on the Microsoft Azure platform are partially offset by a lack of support for some of the features. These limitations can be eliminated by taking advantage of the Microsoft Azure IaaS capabilities and installing a SQL Server instance in an Azure-hosted VM.
Support The Boss
Providing support for your manager or boss in getting his or her job is a good thing. Steve Jones comments on what benefits you might get and why this could enhance your career.
Unwelcome posts on our forums
As you may have noticed, we have been suffering recently from increased spam posts on the forums. This is something we're currently working to resolve.
My month with Release!
Alex and his team are developing a game about software and some of the people who make it. He looks at how games affected his office culture, what he’s learned about designing games to do more than just be fun, and how his team are hoping to share their passion with the developer community.
Using DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS When Testing Performance
Over the years I've had many discussions with other SQL Server Database Administrators as to whether or not you should have the database buffer pool loaded with data pages or empty when testing queries for performance. This tip will take a look at the effects on query performance for both cases by using the DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS statement to empty the buffer pool.
Data Mining Introduction Part 9: Microsoft Linear Regression
This is an introduction to the SQL Server Microsoft Linear Regression Algorithm.
Data Mining Introduction Part 9: Microsoft Linear Regression
This is an introduction to the SQL Server Microsoft Linear Regression Algorithm.
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Before Using AI with Business Data, Read This
Artificial intelligence tools are quickly becoming part of daily business operations, from document analysis...
Designing SQL Server ETL Pipelines That Don't Break at Scale
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Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
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Question of the Day
Detecting Deadlocks Quickly
In the Database Engine, when a deadlock is detected, what does the detection interval shrink to (in time)?
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